Iran FM spokesman: US will 'kneel in front of Iranian nation'

"Knee on the neck," has become Iran's new message to symbolize US aggression against the Middle East nation.

By ALEX WINSTON
Iranian armed forces members march during the ceremony of the National Army Day parade in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2019 (photo credit: WANA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS)
Iranian armed forces members march during the ceremony of the National Army Day parade in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2019
(photo credit: WANA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS)
The Iranian regime's foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that the United States' government "will soon kneel in front of Iranian Nation" in a tweet on his official Twitter account on Friday morning.
Mousavi continued in the tweet that Washington is pleased by "economic terrorism" because its policies are "relying on 'knee on neck'" of its own people and people around the world.
Abbas Mousavi continued, “you see that not the Iranians' neck, but your knee was wrung."

The phrase references the killing of African American George Floyd in the US, who died after a policeman knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while he was handcuffed and lying face down in the street, saying, "I can't breathe."
"Knee on the neck," has become Iran's new message to symbolize US aggression against the Middle East nation, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also used it this week at a cabinet meeting.
Mousavi tweeted in response to comments made by US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook in an interview with Al-Arabiya on Thursday about his country’s satisfaction with the results of the sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Iran and the US frequently clash as Iran's influence in the Middle East threatens US ally, Israel. The US was responsible for killing Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Qasem Soleimani in January 2020 and Iran responded by attacking US army bases in Iraq.