President Trump took to Twitter early Thursday to say Iran is “on notice” for a launch of a missile earlier this week and criticized the nuclear deal with Tehran.
“Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE for firing a ballistic missile. Should have been thankful for the terrible deal the U.S. made with them,” the president tweeted Thursday.
Trump’s comments backed up National Security Adviser Mike Flynn’s comments on Wednesday that Iran was a “destabilizing influence” in the Middle East, saying “as of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice.”
Iran’s defense minister confirmed the test missile launch earlier this week but said it did not violate the 2015 agreement between Iran and the US. As part of the deal, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear program to get relief from sanctions.
The US also agreed to release frozen Iranian assets that were estimated to be worth as much as $150 billion.
Trump blasted that part of the deal in a Thursday tweet as well.
“Iran was on its last legs and ready to collapse until the U.S. came along and gave it a life-line in the form of the Iran Deal: $150 billion,” he wrote.
A top aide to Iran’s supreme leader blamed the “inexperienced” Trump administration for the threats and vowed his country would continue testing ballistic missiles, according to NBC.
“This is not the first time that an inexperienced person has threatened Iran,” said Velayati Ali Akbar Velayati, who advises Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on foreign affairs. “Iran is the strongest power in the region and has a lot of political, economic and military power … America should be careful about making empty threats to Iran.”
He added: “Iran will continue to test its capabilities in ballistic missiles and Iran will not ask any country for permission in defending itself.”
Velayati did not identify any U.S. official specifically.
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