Irans President Hassan Rouhani addresses a Cabinet meeting in Tehran on April 22, 2020. (Photo by president.ir)
Irans president says the recent expression of support by his US counterpart for street protests against virus-related restrictions introduced by legal state governors shows America is "complete shambles," noting that the chaotic situation there should serve as a "salutary lesson" for Iran.
"You witness today that in the US, the president invites people to anarchy," President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday.
The Iranian president said it was "rare in history" for a chief executive to resort to such attitude, and adopt a "heinous" stance against his countrys legal governors.
Protests have erupted across many US states against the restrictions put in place by governors to help stop further spread of the new coronavirus. The novel virus that can cause a potentially fatal infection has taken its biggest toll in the world on the United States by killing more than 45,340 Americans.
On Friday, however, Trump posted highly incendiary tweets in favor of unrest against social distancing and other lockdown measures in various states. "LIBERATE MINNESOTA!" he tweeted, followed quickly by a call to "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"
Also on Friday, the US president defended the protesters defying the federal restrictions by saying that he felt some state orders were "too tough." A day earlier, he had reportedly told Democratic governors of Minnesota, Michigan, and Virginia that they would determine when to lift the distancing guidelines in their respective states.
Rouhani said, "It is essentially obvious that this country (the US) is in complete shambles. They do not know how to address [the issues of] medical treatment and unemployment."
"There was a day when they would consider themselves to be in charge of everything in the world. Now, they are among the worlds desperate countries," he added.
"We should learn a salutary lesson from them," the Iranian president noted, advising strongly in favor of unity and integrity among members of the Iranian nation amid the viral outbreak and its associated problems.
SOURCE: PRESS TV
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