It is not clear to which US offici­al was Iran's suprem­e leader Ayatol­lah Ali Khamen­ei referr­ingTEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday dubbed some US officials “first-class idiots” as he ridiculed them for predicting the collapse of the Islamic Republic. Of course I don’t agree with that, but they are first-class idiots,” he said in speech in Tehran, quoted on his official Twitter feed. Khamenei was having a dig at US officials who had predicted there would be regime change in Iran by the end of 2018. This has included National Security Advisor John Bolton — a long-time regime change advocate — who often speaks at gatherings of the exiled People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK) opposition group, considered a terrorist cult by Tehran’s leaders. “Before 2019 we here will celebrate in Tehran,” Bolton told an MEK meeting in Paris in July 2017.

Source: The Express Tribune January 09, 2019 14:03 UTC