Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi receiving Syria's foreign minister in the capital Tehran on Nov. 2, 2022. (Credit: Iranian Presidency/AFP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's hardline president on Friday said that Iran had been "freed" by the 1979 Islamic revolution, responding to a vow by U.S. President Joe Biden to "free Iran."
"I am telling Biden that Iran was freed 43 years ago," President Ebrahim Raisi said in a live televised speech.
Biden on Thursday vowed to "free" Iran and said that demonstrators working against the country's government would soon succeed in freeing themselves.
Writing by Parisa Hafezi Editing by David Goodman.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's hardline president on Friday said that Iran had been "freed" by the 1979 Islamic revolution, responding to a vow by U.S. President Joe Biden to "free Iran.""I am telling Biden that Iran was freed 43 years ago," President Ebrahim Raisi said in a live televised speech.Biden on Thursday vowed to "free" Iran and said that demonstrators working against the...