Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed US President Donald Trump saying all plots by Washington to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran ended up in failure.

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with families of martyrs of the Iranian Army, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the Police Force and Defenders of the Holy Shrine on Sunday.

“This revolution and the Islamic establishment, which came about in Iran, have been faced with serious hostilities since its inception,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, noting that the United States has always sought to bring about “regime change” in Iran, but has always failed in its efforts to do so.

Dismissing US claim of regime change in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “Do not look at the bluster of this guy who has just come to office as president in America. These anti-Iran claims are not new. These have been there since day one, but their language and tone has changed.”

Referring to recent remarks by American officials about changing the Iranian government, the Leader noted, “They say we want to change the Islamic Republic establishment. Well, when have you not wanted to do this? You always wanted and you always failed and your nose has been rubbed in the dirt; and it will be like that from now on.”

Nascent hooligans

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader said the US rulers do not understand the Iranian nation, adding that the new White House leaders are like nascent hooligans who scare people by brandishing their knives until somebody punches them in the mouth and puts them in their place

“You see that since the outset of the revolution, these people who wished elimination of the Islamic Republic are now in the abyss of Hell and have left this world without having achieved their goal,” the Leader added.

Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic is standing against world powers with full strength and will continue to do that in the future.

“Everybody must know this; both the enemy must know this and devout friends, and even those friends who are sometimes overcome by doubt must know this. The Islamic Republic is standing fast and know that they enemies cannot slap us in the face, but we will slap them in the face.”

Tillerson says US pursing regime change in Iran

Last Thursday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said while a US House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing that the Iranian government “continues activities and interventions that destabilize the West Asia region.”

Asked whether the US supported regime change in Iran, the American top diplomat said US policy was driven by relying on “elements inside of Iran” to bring about “peaceful transition of that government.”

In response to Tillerrson, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, tweeted back a jab about the shadow of the Russia investigations hanging over the Trump presidency: “For their own sake, US officials should worry more about saving their own regime than changing Iran’s, where 75% of people just voted.”