Bryan Hawk, the US special representative for Iran, responded to an invitation by Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, who called on his compatriots to “curse” the Americans who said they were the cause of the current economic crisis in his country.

“As a reaction to the crippled economy, Rowhani asked the Iranian people to curse the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia,” Hawk said in remarks published by the State Department’s Persian-language website on Twitter.

در واکنش به #اقتصاد_فلج کشور، #روحانی از مردم ایران خواسته به #آمریکا، #اسرائیل و #عربستان #لعنت بفرستند! با متوسل شدن به #نفرین_و_جادو، او به دنبال مقصر دانستن دیگران برای عملکرد خودش است. #مردم_ایران به جای #لعنت_فرستادن علاقه مند به #کار_و_اشتغال هستند. pic.twitter.com/dFzxOnkmZD

— USA darFarsi (@USAdarFarsi) 19 Mart 2019

Curses and witchcraft blaming others for defending his economic record. “Hawk stressed that” the Iranian people want to get jobs instead of cursing. ”

The Iranian president blamed Washington for the deterioration of his country’s economy and asked the Iranian judiciary to pursue legal proceedings against US officials on the grounds that they had committed “crimes against humanity” after speaking of corruption and looting of public money by senior regime and Revolutionary Guard officials, In the deterioration of the economy.