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| Nikki Haley |
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday rejected Iranian finger pointing at Washington over a deadly parade attack, saying Iranian leaders should look closer to home.
Before leaving for the United Nations on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused other countries including the United States of provoking the shooting attack on a military parade that killed 25 people on Saturday.
Haley dismissed his comments as rhetoric.
โHeโs got the Iranian people are protesting, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where thatโs coming from,โ she told CNNโs โState of the Union.โ
โHe can blame us all he wants. The thing heโs got to do is look at the mirror.โ
Iranโs Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to wreak โdeadly and unforgettableโ vengeance for the attack, which killed 12 of their comrades, and Tehran accused U.S.-backed Gulf Arab states of backing the gunmen.
There has been a blizzard of furious statements from top Iranian officials blaming the United States and Gulf kingdoms for the bloodshed and threatening a tough response.
โAmerica wants to cause chaos and unrest in our country so that it can return to this country, but these are unreal fantasies and they will never achieve their goals,โ Rouhani said.
