From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Iran supreme leader mocks US over Charlottesville
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei joins the international criticism of race-related violence in the United States with a mocking tweet.
“If US has any power, they better manage their country, tackle #WhiteSupremacy rather than meddle in nations’ affairs. #Charlottesville,” Khamenei’s official Twitter feed posts.
If US has any power,they better manage their country,tackle #WhiteSupremacy rather than meddle in nations’ affairs. #Charlottesville
13/4/94 pic.twitter.com/x3fE5qMcNj— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 16, 2017
Khamenei’s office was responding to the furore in the US over an attack in Charlottesville by a suspected Nazi sympathizer, who plowed his car into anti-racism protesters, leaving one dead and 19 injured.
US President Donald Trump has raised another huge controversy by saying there was “blame on both sides.”
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.