Trump falls short of condemning terrorist attacks in Iran, points finger at victim

EghtesadOnline: US President Donald Trump repeats baseless allegations that Iran sponsors terrorism just as it falls victim to terrorism itself.

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11 June 2017

According to PressTV, the US president offered contradictory comments over Wednesday’s twin attacks, on the one hand offering solace and on the other blaming the victim for the deadly operation claimed by Daesh (ISIL).

The State Department initially released a statement on Wednesday, in the wake of the attacks in Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) and the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, which left at least 12 people dead and more than 40 others injured.

The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the twin attacks.

Trump, however, pointed the finger at Tehran itself, arguing that victims are sponsors! This is while the US itself has on many occasions fallen victim to terrorism

"We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote," claimed Trump.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert had earlier released a more benign statement, asserting that “The depravity of terrorism has no place in a peaceful, civilized world.”

Meanwhile, DC-based non-profit organization, National Iranian American Council, voiced support for the people of Iran following the terrorist attacks.

“We support the people of Iran who have repeatedly demonstrated their dedication to the values of tolerance and diplomacy, despite the hardships they face. We underscore that administrations that cannot empathize with human suffering risk losing their humanity, and presidents that cannot genuinely recognize victims of terrorism are incapable of leading the fight against terror.”

Anti-Iran sanctions at times of terror

Meanwhile, the United States Congress has started work on imposing extra sanctions against Tehran in the wake of Takfiri terrorist attacks in the capital.

The GOP-controlled Congress acted in a procedural vote to advance a new set of sanctions against Iran, including the Islamic Republic of Iran Guard Corp, despite calls by Democrats.

Key Democratic figures such as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and California Senator Dianne Feinstein and called for a delay in the vote out of respect for the fallen in the wake of the attacks but to no avail.

“On a day when Iran has been attacked by ISIL, by terrorism, now is not the time to go forward with legislation calling for sanctions against Iran,” Sanders said in a statement. “Today when they are mourning, when they are dealing with the shock of a terrorist attack, today is not the day to go forward with this piece of legislation."

Daesh (ISIL) terrorists were among militants initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government.

Taking on Iran was on top of Trump’s agenda in his first foreign tour, which took him to Saudi Arabia and Israel.