TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has mocked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech in which he said “when America retreats, chaos follows,” by asserting that the opposite was true.

“Whenever/wherever US interferes, chaos, repression and resentment follow,” Zarif wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

“The day Iran mimics US clients & @SecPompeo’s ‘human rights models’ — be it the Shah or current butchers — to become a ‘normal’ country is the day hell freezes over. Best for the US to just get over loss of Iran.”

SP/PA