Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei yesterday strongly condemned US air raids on Hashd al-Shaabi Iraqi Shia volunteers, saying that they are taking revenge from the Iraqi Shia group for fighting ISIS, according to IRNA.
Speaking to thousands of nurses on the National Day of Nurses, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the Popular Mobilization Forces of Iraq were attacked by the US because they has destroyed and crippled Daesh (the ISIS) that was American-made.
He reportedly strongly responded to a threat made by US president, saying that Iran will react appropriately to any provocative act of aggression by the United States and is well-prepared to defend national sovereignty.
Ayatollah Khamenei held the US accountable for imposing atrocity wars on the Afghan and the Iraqi people.
He said that it is noteworthy that when such things happen to the US, you can see that anti-US feelings erupt, like what happened in Baghdad and the entire Iraq. But again that guy tweeted that "Iran is accountable for that and the US will respond to Iran.”
Addressing US president Donald Trump, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “First, that's very ignorant of you to do so. Second, you are not logical.”
"The people of this region hate the US. You have committed crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan; you have killed people," he said.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the hatred of the people of Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan will erupt somewhere. The hatred is the result of US political and security moves in the region.
