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BeyondGeography

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35. Here is the exact quote

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:12 PM

14 hrs ago

During his prime-time address to the nation, Trump said, referring to Iran: “We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks, we’re going to bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/4/2/bomb-back-to-the-stone-age-us-history-of-threats-and-carpet-bombing

And the Iranian response:

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday responded to President Trump’s threat during his recent address to the nation to take Iran “back to the Stone Ages” with ongoing U.S. military operations against the country.

“There’s one striking difference between the present and the Stone Age: there was no oil or gas being pumped in the Middle East back then,” Araghchi wrote on social media. “Are POTUS and Americans who put him in office sure that they want to turn back the clock?”

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5813874-araghchi-responds-trump-iran-threat/amp/

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Wasn't he coming to the rescue of Iranians being oppressed by the Ayatollah regime? Martin Eden 14 hrs ago #33

Did he actually say because that is where they belong???? Amaryllis 14 hrs ago #34

Here is the exact quote BeyondGeography 14 hrs ago #35

Thank you. That is a brilliant and very sophistocated reply. Way over Trump's head. Amaryllis 13 hrs ago #36

Very well said. Native 2 hrs ago #37

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