Iran: Europe must oppose ‘US bully’ on new sanctions

By Joel Gehrke

Published October 18, 2017 11:47am ET

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Iran: Europe must oppose ‘US bully’ on new sanctions — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said European leaders should "stand against US measures" after President Trump threatened to cancel the Iran nuclear deal. "They should avoid meddling into our defense matters. We won't accept EU siding with US bully," he said. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) | Uncredited

Iran on Wednesday called on European leaders to oppose President Trump’s call for new restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program.

“[The European Union] should stand against US measures,” Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday in remarks carried by state media and on Twitter. “They should avoid meddling into our defense matters. We won’t accept EU siding with US bully.”

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