Iran's foreign minister calls Bolton 'bully', targets him with '10-year challenge'
US National Security Adviser John Bolton.
Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday targetted US National Security Advisor John Bolton in a tweet and called him a "bully."
In a tweet, Zarif posted screenshots of two media reports, a decade apart, on Bolton calling for an air strike on Iran.
"Same bull. Same bully. Same delusion", Zarif tweeted with two different articles from 2009 and 2019.
Same bull. Same bully. Same delusion.#10YearChallenge pic.twitter.com/KgUAejJcar — Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 18, 2019
The articles quoted Bolton's demand for launching an air strike on Iran.
Earlier this week, reports stated that Bolton hasasked the Pentagon in September to prepare military options for attacking Iran following theattacks on US Diplomatic sites in Iraq.
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Tensions between Iran and the US have been heightened after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions on Iran.