[ti:Iran Condemns US Sanctions, Trump Threatens 'Obliteration'] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.24]American President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday [00:05.30]to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked "anything American." [00:13.00]His comment came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the latest American sanctions on Iran. [00:23.05]Rouhani also described the Trump administration as "mentally retarded." [00:30.84]The sanctions followed Iran's downing last week of an unpiloted U.S. spy drone flying above the Strait of Hormuz. [00:42.72]Rouhani's comments were similar to comments made about Trump by North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. [00:52.26]Kim called Trump "the mentally deranged U.S. dotard," in 2017, before their two governments began negotiations. [01:05.28]Trump has also called for talks with Iran. However, the country has rejected this idea so far. [01:14.33]Rouhani said Tuesday that Trump was lying about wanting talks with Iran. [01:22.02]And an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman wrote that the new sanctions meant "closing the doors of diplomacy." [01:31.78]Trump ordered the sanctions against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials on Monday. [01:43.60]Rouhani called the move "idiotic" and said the White House [01:49.04]was "afflicted by mental retardation and does not know what to do." [01:55.67]In a series of Twitter messages Tuesday, Trump called Rouhani's statement "very ignorant and insulting." [02:05.68]Tensions have risen between the two countries since last year, [02:11.12]when Trump withdrew the U.S. from a nuclear deal with Iran and several world powers. [02:18.91]Trump also re-ordered economic sanctions on Iran. [02:24.36]Last month, the United States ordered all countries to halt imports of Iranian oil. [02:33.28]Earlier this month, Trump blamed Iran for mine attacks on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. [02:42.95]Iran has denied the accusation. [02:47.46]Tensions rose further last Thursday, when Iran shot down the American drone. [02:55.48]Iran said the drone had flown into its airspace. [03:00.76]The United States says its drone was flying in international airspace. [03:08.12]U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Tuesday [03:13.81]that Iran could walk through an "open door" to talks with America. [03:19.90]But he also warned that "all options remain on the table" if Iran violates terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. [03:31.94]Iran recently sharply increased its production of low-enriched uranium [03:39.17]and could violate the agreement by Thursday of this week. [03:44.36]It has also threatened to raise enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels by July 7 [03:53.60]if European countries still part of the agreement do not offer a new deal. [04:00.54]I'm Caty Weaver. [04:02.70]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM