Charlottesville violence: Iran's foreign minister condemns Donald Trump's 'slow' reaction to racism

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday said that US President Donald Trump is slow to condemn racism in the US. [caption id=“attachment_3950869” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Donald Trump. AP[/caption] “Quick to insult Islam but hesitant to condemn racist terror at home,” Zarif said on Twitter. “Terror in name of race or religion is plain terror & represents neither,” he said in another tweet. The remarks by Zarif followed Trump’s mixed response to the deadly attack at a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend when a car was driven into counter-protesters, killing a woman. Trump faced criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for his response to the violence. He condemned violence by “many sides”, but stopped short of explicitly condemning the far-right.