[Peace] Claim: Rouhani did not call the White House "mentally retarded"

[Robert Naiman]

AP and BBC both reported that Rouhani called the White House "mentally
retarded." They used quotes.

https://twitter.com/ap/status/1143426734651564033

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48756824

I asked an Iranian-American friend who is a native speaker of Farsi and is
fluent in English if this was a fair translation of what Rouhani said. This
is the response I got back:

'Based on what shows on the film on the BBC website,  I couldnt find
anything that could be translated as “mentally retarded”.
The film starts with “….. can a person losses her/his mind to this level
that do something nonsense and stupid as sanctioning a leader of a country?
…….” ----literally translated'

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1
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