Ayatollah Khamenei: 'Death to America' refers to policies, not the nation

November 05, 2015 02:53

"Death to America" just isn't what it used to be.

On Tuesday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a speech to university students, to which they responded with shouts of "Death to America!"

That's nothing new in Iran, particularly if the Ayatollah is speaking.

But it's not a common way to refer to a country with which you have just concluded a deal to get international sanctions lifted, perhaps.

And what really was new was the convoluted statement the leader made attempting to redefine the meaning of the slogan.

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