Iran's top leader says Trump's Mideast plan to "die soon"

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Middle East will "die soon."

"Trump's 'Deal of the Century' will die earlier than Trump himself," Khamenei tweeted.

Trump recently unveiled his plan promising to keep Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, and proposes an independent Palestinian state and the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over West Bank settlements.

"The Americans and the Israelis have made a deal over something that does not belong to them," Khamenei said, adding that "Palestine belongs to the Palestinians, and they should decide on it."

"We believe that the armed Palestinian groups will continue their resistance, and this is the duty of the Islamic republic to support the Palestinian groups," he added.

The only way for peace and to settle the issue of Palestine is to refer to the "free vote" of Palestinians regardless of their religion, he stressed.

(XINHUA)