Leader of Iran, Imam Sayyed Khamenei: Highlights of short speech today

Sayyed Khamenei:

■ We urge Trump to turn his attention to the deep-seated crises within his own country.

■ This man, who presumes to portray himself as a paternal figure to the Iranian nation, will meet a humiliating and catastrophic downfall.

■ Iran will not tolerate the presence of agents within its borders; they will be rejected unequivocally and without compromise.

■ The Iranian people shall prevail over all their enemies.

■ We will not retreat by so much as an inch from our principles.

■ A small number of agitators seek to curry favor with the American president by vandalizing public property.

■ The hands of the American president are stained with the blood of more than a thousand Iranians shed in the recent war.

■ The Iranian people must safeguard their unity and consolidate their ranks in order to overcome their enemies.

■ Trump should be mindful that the arrogant figures of history—Pharaoh, Nimrod, Reza Khan, and Mohammad Reza—were all brought down at the zenith of their arrogance; and he, too, will be brought down.