Iran will resist Trump's 'psychological warfare'

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Overnight threats by US President Donald Trump against Iran amount to “psychological warfare”, and Tehran will continue to resist its enemies, said a senior commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.

"We will never abandon our revolutionary beliefs ... we will resist pressure from enemies... America wants nothing less than (to) destroy Iran ... (but) Trump cannot do a damn thing against Iran,” Iranian Students News Agency ISNA reported Gholam Hossein Gheybparvar as saying.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Trump’s hostile policies toward Tehran could lead to “the mother of all wars”, according to a report by Iranian state news agency IRNA.

Trump reacted in a late Sunday night Twitter message written in capitals, telling Rouhani to “never, ever threaten the United States again” or face the consequences.

An ongoing communications offensive by the Trump administration was meant to work in conjunction with sanctions push to foment unrest and help pressure Iran to end its nuclear program and its support of militant groups, said the US officials familiar with the matter.

Source(s): Reuters