WASHINGTON — They still cry “death to America” in Iran. TRUMP, speaking about Iranians “screaming death to America” when Barack Obama was U.S. president: “They haven’t screamed ‘death to America’ lately.” — Fox News interview Friday. Once used by communists, it was popularized by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the revolution’s figurehead and Iran’s first supreme leader after the U.S. Embassy takeover by militants.. It remains a staple of hard-line demonstrations, meetings with current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, official ceremonies, parliamentary sessions and main Friday prayer services in Tehran and across the country. ——Find AP Fact Checks at http://apne.ws/2kbx8bdFollow https://twitter.com/APFactCheckEDITOR’S NOTE — A look at the veracity of claims by political figures

Source: National Post June 14, 2019 20:15 UTC