How About a Nice, Peaceful Round of 'Death to America'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei continues to claim that the infamous "Death to America" chant is not actually against the American people.
Khamenei told students in Tehran earlier this week that the slogan, often chanted at anti-American rallies, is aimed at U.S. foreign policy, and not at actual Americans.
"Your 'Death to America' slogan, and the cries by the Iranian nation, have strong logical support behind them," he said, according to The Associated Press. "Obviously by 'Death to America,' we don't mean death to the American people. The American nation is just like the rest of the nations. It ... means death to U.S. policies and its arrogance."
The American Center for Law and Justice has been critical of the recent nuclear deal between Iran and the U.S. that lifts economic sanctions from the Islamic Republic, and said that Khamenei's statement is "one of the most atrociously ridiculous things you will ever see."
