“Imagine having forty-something million of your own citizens on food stamps and calling another nation hungry,” Qalibaf wrote in a post on X on Friday
“This is not a proclamation. This is a projection. Keep your SNAP advice. Our assets, our choices. Mind your malnutrition rates.”
The Iranian official’s remarks came after Trump claimed in an interview with CNBC that Iran was struggling with “300 percent inflation” and was “making no money”.
“They need food. They need corn, wheat, and soybeans, and we're going to have exclusively our American farmers provide that,” Trump claimed.