Trump Says He Abandoned Iran Sanctions Relief Plan After Leader's Comments
President Donald Trump said June 27 he had been working on a plan to remove Iran sanctions, but he decided against the plan after objecting to comments recently made by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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"During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery - The sanctions are BITING! But no, instead I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief, and more," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
Khamenei, in his first public remarks since Iran and Israel reached a ceasefire last week, said Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by targeting American military bases in the Middle East and lauded his country's recent strikes on the largest U.S. base in the region in Qatar.
"The Islamic Republic slapped America in the face. It attacked one of the important American bases in the region," Khamenei said, according to Reuters.