Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying that the world would not accept that Washington impose its decisions on other countries. “Who are you to decide for Iran and the world? The world today does not accept America to decide for the world, as countries are independent ... that era is over ... We will continue our path with the support of our nation,” he said on Monday. “The world no longer accepts this logic; the man, who was the director of the spy agency, is today working as foreign minister and wants to decide the world’s fate. Who are you to make the decision for Iran and the world?” Rouhani’s remarks came on the sidelines of his meeting with a number of Iranian university professors and doctors, as reported by ILNA reformist agency. Pompeo had on Monday issued a severe warning to Iran, saying Washington would be ready to impose the “strongest sanctions in history” if it does not alter its regional policies. Reuters quoted a senior Iranian official as saying that Pompeo’s comments on Iran prove that the US is seeking regime change in the country. “America wants to pressure Iran to surrender and accept their illegal demands ... his remarks showed that America is surely after regime change in Iran,” he stated. In his first major speech since becoming secretary of state, Pompeo said: “The sting of sanctions will only grow more painful if the regime does not change course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen for itself and the people of Iran.” Member of the National Security Council and the Foreign Policy Committee at the Iranian Parliament, MP Hashmatullah Flahat Bisha, compared the current US stance with that of former US President Georges W. Bush. He accused Washington of trying to create a new crisis, stressing that the Iranian response would be “rational,” according to the ISNA agency. Prior to Pompeo’s announcement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi denied that the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain, in the presence of European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, had presented a package of proposals to Iran. He said Iran was continuing negotiations with the EU on issues related to the nuclear agreement, implicitly denying that the three countries discussed with Iran its regional threats and the development of ballistic missiles. Europe has been scrambling to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran following Washington’s withdrawal from the agreement last week.