Iran called Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US congress "boring and repetitive", labeling it as an anti-Iranian tirade aimed at influencing the upcoming elections in Israel, Guardian reports . On the occasion the Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, particularly stated:
"Netanyahu’s lie-spreading campaign against Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme has become boring and repetitive. The speech by the Zionist regime’s prime minister was a piece of deceitful theatre which is part of the hard-liners’ election campaign in Tel Aviv."
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also reacted to the Netanyahu’s speech to the US congress . In his Twitter account the following message has been posted:
"In the past 50 yrs, how much money and reputation has it cost US to support Israel’s crimes? Who other than its nation has paid for it?