Tehran, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Wednesday reacted to the latest comments by the US State Department spokesman, saying the country behind the maximum pressure campaign against the Iranian people is crying crocodile tears.

Ned Price issued a statement on the Winter Solstice, known as Yalda Night in Iran, expressing support for the Iranian people in the face of what he described as suppression by their authorities.

Kanaani rejected those comments in a twitter post, saying the United States, which supports riots and terrorism, imposes sanctions on the Iranian nation and has launched a maximum pressure campaign against them, is crying crocodile tears.

He added that “supporters of known terrorists are better to shut their mouth and think about solutions to crises of their own people and the Zionist regime.”

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