Iran's foreign minister today lashed out at Donald Trump over the US president's message to the country on the occasion of its Nowruz Persian New Year celebrations.
"With millennia of civilisation, Iranians have the historical depth to ignore the absurd insults of an arriviste leader; one whose entire command of history, politics and diplomacy can be condensed into 280 characters - but even so, still superior to his juvenile royal stooge," Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter, referring to Trump's own tweets.
In his message released by the White House, Trump said: "The Iranian people face another challenge: rulers who serve themselves instead of serving their people".
The US president also denounced Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.
"Twenty-five centuries ago, Darius the Great asked God to protect Iran from three dangers: hostile armies, drought, and falsehood. Today, the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) represents all three."
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