Iran: Sanctions shut doors of diplomacy
(WorldNews Iran)

TEHRAN, 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 nation´s Shiite theocracy and its 80 million people...