Iran supreme leader slams ‘idiots’ in US administration

By Mustafa Melih Ahishali and Ahmet Dursun </p> <p>ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday denounced U.S. foreign policy vis-à-vis his country, describing “certain U.S. politicians” as “idiots”.</p> <p>Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recalled that some U.S. politicians had said that Iran’s revolutionary government would last for only six months after the country’s 1979 revolution.</p> <p>He also took aim at John Bolton, a notorious “neoconservative” who currently serves as U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser.</p> <p>At a Paris conference in 2017, Bolton met with leaders of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), an Iranian armed opposition group that Tehran considers a terrorist organization.</p> <p>At the conference, Bolton had voiced his hope of “celebrating the New Year of 2019 in Tehran” following the sought-for overthrow of the Iranian regime.</p> <p>In reference to that Paris meeting, Khamenei asserted: “At a meeting with terrorists [the MEK], an American politician [Bolton] said he hoped to ring in the New Year in Tehran — but this has obviously failed to materialize.”</p> <p>“Some U.S. politicians like to pretend that they’re crazy,” he added. “But they’re not crazy — they’re just first-rate idiots.”