From the Liveblog of
Monday, September 25, 2017
Iran says Trump claims of North Korea links ‘nonsense’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran says that suggestions by US President Donald Trump that it was working with North Korea on missile development were “nonsense.”
Foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was responding to a tweet by Trump over the weekend in which the US president wrote: “Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel. They are also working with North Korea.”
Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel.They are also working with North Korea.Not much of an agreement we have!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
Ghasemi says there are “no similarities nor resemblance” with the actions of North Korea, and that claims they were working together on ballistic missile development amounted to a “clear lie.”
“It is very clear that this is a nonsense and baseless claim,” he tells reporters.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.