US President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal has sparked a new war of words between the Islamic Republic and the US, fuelling growing mistrust and a sense of nationalism among Iranians, the Associated Press reports. The speech has served to unite Iranians across the political spectrum – fed also by anger over Trump’s refusal to refer to the Persian Gulf, the waterway through which a third of all oil traded by sea passes, by name. “Under the deal, it was supposed to be that we get concessions, not that we give more concessions,” the hard-line newspaper Kayhan raged. Trump said he was not ready to pull out of the deal but warned he would do so if it were not improved. Like many others in Iran, Rouhani focused on the fact that Trump used the term “Arabian Gulf” to refer to the Persian Gulf.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 15, 2017 12:56 UTC