In the latest volley of Iranian statements pushing back Donald Trump over the July 2015 nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani has declared that US allies are siding with Tehran.

Rouhani told the Supreme Council of Cultural Resistance on Tuesday:

Trump’s recent remarks became ineffective by people’s awareness and resistance….Even traditional allies of the US such as Europe not only did not accompany the US administration, but also immediately and explicitly announced that they would stand by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [the deal] and continue to work with Iran.

Last week Trump decertified Iranian compliance with the JCPOA, implemented from January 2016 by Tehran and the 5+1 Powers (US, UK, France, Germany, China, and Russia). He launched a lengthy historical denunciation of the Islamic Republic’s activities and announced specific sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards; however, restrained by advisors, he did not withdraw the US from the agreement and passed the issue of renewed, sweeping sanctions to Congress.

European leaders — including those of Britain, France, and Germany, and the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini — gave full backing for the JCPOA. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, reaffirmed Iranian adherence to the agreement.

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Rouhani continued to chide Trump for his lack of knowledge in blaming Iran for terrorism and regional instability, “Such cheap, incorrect words towards the Iranian nation by presidents of the United States is unprecedented and before anything, it is the sign of their internal disagreements and lack of legitimacy.”

He assured the SCCR that Iran’s economy, still seeking recovery after years of sanctions and mismanagement, could withdraw US pressure — “Market stability is the sign of our economy’s impenetrability against political pressures” — and he declared that Washington was cutting itself off rather than Tehran:

The abolition of national commitments of the previous government of the United States, such as social security, and the abolition of bilateral and international commitments — such as the Paris Convention on Climate Change, UNESCO, and commercial contracts — have made the current US government in isolation and distrust.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif continued his move from lead Iranian negotiator of the deal to strident critic of the US Government. He again used Twitter for his latest charge: