Tehran accuses Trump of sowing Mideast division with Riyadh speech
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman accused US President Donald Trump of seeking to destabilize regional ties after he delivered a sharply critical speech in Riyadh on Tuesday.
"The presence of a US official in our region making false accusations against the Iranian people can only be interpreted as a sign of his ill intent toward both the Iranian people and regional relations,” Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
In his speech, Trump pilloried Iran's leadership and praised those of its Arab neighbors.
"(It) was a deliberate move to sow division between Iran and the countries of the region,” Baghaei said.
