TEHRAN – Iran’s chief diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday took to his official Twitter account to respond to earlier remarks by President Donald Trump who claimed that the government in Iran may collapse because of his administration’s policies.

Iran will continue to play a “stable and powerful” role in the region despite U.S. demonization of Iran, Zarif stated.

“Bipolar demonization of Iran as either ‘taking over MidEast’ or ‘fighting for survival’ indicates U.S. cognitive disorder & demagoguery unleashed by collapse of America’s moral compass,” Zarif wrote.

He added, “Iran has been and always will be a stable, powerful & responsible regional actor.”

In an Oval Office interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday, Trump claimed that his administration’s policies, including leaving the international nuclear agreement with Tehran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated by his predecessor, may lead to the collapse of the Iranian government.

“When I came into here, it was a question of when would they take over the Middle East,” Trump said, adding, "Now it’s a question of will they survive. It’s a big difference in one and a half years.”

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