Iran says `idiotic´ new US sanctions shut doors of diplomacy
(WorldNews Iran)

Iran warned Tuesday that new U.S. sanctions targeting its supreme leader and other top officials meant “closing the doors of diplomacy� between Tehran and Washington amid heightened tensions, even as President Hassan Rouhani derided the White House as being “afflicted by mental retardation.� President Donald Trump called that a “very ignorant and insulting statement,� tweeting that an Iranian attack on any U.S. interest will be met with “great and overwhelming force overwhelming will mean obliteration.� His secretary of state said the Iranian statement was “immature.� The sharp remarks from Tehran shows the pressure that the...