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Iran excoriates Zelensky for Davos drivel
Araghchi: World has had enough of ‘confused clowns’
Iran's foreign minister on Friday launched a furious tirade against the Ukrainian president who has called for toppling Iran’s ruling establishment over response to the recent foreign-baked riots in the country, saying, “The world has had enough of Confused Clowns.”
Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country has been fighting a full-scale war with Russia for almost four years, said in a speech at the World Economic Forum on Thursday that if Iran's leadership was able to remain in power, it was a "clear signal to every bully.”
Zelensky appeared to cite Europe’s response to the recent protests in Iran as another example of its inaction over developments across the world.
"The world has not helped enough the Iranian people, it has stood aside," he said.
Zelensky also pointed to Europe’s inability to counter Russia over its military campaign in his country, saying that the US could seize shadow fleet tankers and oil while Europe could not, noting that oil funds the war against Ukraine. "If [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has no money, there's no war for Europe," Zelenskyy said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a post on X said the Ukrainian leader had been "rinsing American and European taxpayers to fill the pockets of his corrupt generals."
"The world has had enough of Confused Clowns, Mr Zelensky," he said, in apparent reference to the Ukrainian leader's previous career as a comedian and comic actor.
"Unlike your foreign-backed and mercenary-infested military, we Iranians know how to defend ourselves and have no need to beg foreigners for help," he added.
Iranian authorities said over 3,000 people had been killed in the latest protests, which were orchestrated by the United States and Israel.