Rouhani: Trump’s ’empty threats’ not worthy of response

Iranian president tells his cabinet that it is better to reply with actions to ‘nonsensical’ comments from US leader

By AP 25 July 2018, 4:14 pm

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This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on February 6, 2018. (AP Photo)

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said there’s no need to respond to US President Donald Trump’s “empty threats.”

Rouhani’s remarks Wednesday were his first since Trump warned the Iranian leader of dire consequences for threatening the United States.

Rouhani told his cabinet that there are “baseless comments and empty threats” by “some US leaders.”

He added: “There is no need for us to respond to any nonsensical comment and answer back to them.”

Rouhani also said: “We should respond to them with action.”

He added Iran’s “strongest response to their cheap comments” would be “indifference to their plots and choosing to resist and foil their schemes.”

Trump tweeted Sunday that if Iran threatened the US, it would “suffer consequences.” He tempered that Tuesday, saying “we’re ready to make a real deal” with Iran.