Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear program is reached.
Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's most powerful figure and who has the last say on all state matters, was making his first comments on the interim deal reached last week in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
In remarks apparently meant to keep hardline loyalists in line, he warned about 'deceptive' intentions of the United States.
Reuters reported that the crowd chanted 'Death to America!' during the speech.
'Instant annulment of all sanction is one of the demands of our officials,' Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live on state television,' according to translations published by Reuters and the nonprofit Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
But he hedged on whether there will be a deal in place at all by the June 30 deadline.
'I neither support nor oppose the deal, since nothing has happened yet,' he said.
'All the trouble arises when the details will be discussed; it may be that the deceptive other side wants to restrict us in the details.'
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It is past time to turn a lot of sand into glass!
ReplyDeleteThat country won't live up to any deal.
ReplyDeleteTheir 'Bible' gives them permission to lie to further their goals!
There is only one way to deal with these wastes of oxygen - take their oxygen away.
Obama lies, people die!
ReplyDeleteThis is a of World War 2, you cannot appease the Iranians. They are psychotic you cannot appease crazy people... obamas a fool
ReplyDeleteBibi was right, and the media tried to make an issue of having him speak before congress on the issue.
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