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Tags: ML | Persian Gulf | Tensions

Iran Dismisses Pompeo's 'hypocritical' Offer to Visit

Wednesday, 31 July 2019 05:38 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has dismissed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's offer to visit and address the Iranian people as a "hypocritical gesture."

Addressing Pompeo in remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said "You don't need to come to Iran." He suggested Pompeo instead grant visas for Iranian reporters to travel to the U.S. and interview him, accusing him of having rejected their requests.

On Monday, Pompeo tweeted: "We aren't afraid of (Zarif) coming to America where he enjoys the right to speak freely. Are the facts of the (Khamenei) regime so bad he cannot let me do the same thing in Tehran?" he said, referring to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "What if his people heard the truth, unfiltered, unabridged?"

U.S.-Iranian tensions have soared in recent months.

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Iran has dismissed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's offer to visit and address the Iranian people as a "hypocritical gesture."Addressing Pompeo in remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said "You don't need to come to Iran." He suggested...
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