Khamenei Mocks US Democracy
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has mocked the United States after the election noting that the vote has exposed the reality of US democracy.
This is coming as the US is yet to announce the winner of the poll 24 hours after the last polling stations were closed in the US state of Alaska.
“What a spectacle!” supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted late Wednesday.
“One says this is the most fraudulent election in US history. Who says that? The president who is currently in office.
“His rival says Trump intends to rig the election! This is how #USElections & US democracy are.”
The deepening polarization of US politics since Trump’s surprise election victory four years ago has drawn expressions of concern even from Western allies, with Germany warning of a “very explosive situation” in the aftermath of the poll.
Despite US allegations that Tehran sought to use social media to influence voters in the run-up to polling day, Iran’s leadership has publicly insisted it favors neither candidate, despite their sharply divergent policies towards Tehran.
Trump has led a campaign of “maximum pressure” against the Islamic republic, pulling Washington out of a multilateral deal on Iran’s nuclear program and reimposing crippling unilateral sanctions.
Biden has signaled he is ready to rejoin the landmark nuclear agreement struck in 2015 when he served as vice president under Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama.
But on Tuesday, Khamenei insisted the outcome of the election would have no impact on Iranian policy.
Social media users have reacted to the Iran supreme leader’s post.
Meanwhile, in August, the Iran leader did blast the US saying its model for running society is a failed model. Human values such as health, justice & security are trampled on in the US the most.
