Ayatollah Khamenei:

Policy Toward Arrogant U.S. Won’t Change

Date: 19 July 2015 - 21:06

News ID: ۱۶۲۰۶

TEHRAN (Dispatches) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said finalized nuclear negotiations won't change Iran’s policy toward the "arrogant" U.S.
Ayatollah Khamenei said a wide-ranging agreement with America is unlikely while praising the Iranian negotiators who concluded the talks. Iran's parliament and its Supreme National Security Council, the nation's highest security decision-making body, will consider the talks in the coming days.
"Our policy toward the arrogant U.S. government won't change at all," the Leader said during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Tehran, adding "U.S. policies in the region differ from Iran's by 180 degrees".
"We have no negotiations with America about various global and regional issues. We have no negotiations on bilateral issues."
Ayatollah Khamenei's speech, which he gave to a large crowd in Tehran to mark the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, stressed that Iran will continue to support the Lebanese Hezbollah, Palestinian resistance groups and the Syrian government.
"We will never stop supporting our friends in the region and the people of Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain and Lebanon. Even after this deal our policy towards the arrogant U.S. will not change."
The Leader also described the occupying regime of Israel as a "terrorist, baby-killer regime”.
Politician Hamid Reza Taraqi said Ayatollah Khamenei sought to "nullify efforts by the U.S. to damage Iran's anti-arrogance stance".
"Americans have tried to suggest that Iran has given up its anti-U.S. stance in order to tarnish Tehran's image in the eyes of its supporters. The Leader's remarks nullified that," he said.
Separately, General Muhammad Ali Jafari, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, said it had "concerns" about the terms of a UN Security Council resolution on the nuclear deal.

Sectarian Wars
Separately, the Leader said the ongoing sectarian and tribal wars have been imposed on the Middle East region to deflect Muslims’ attention away from the atrocities of the Israeli regime.
The Leader made the remarks in a meeting with senior Iranian officials and ambassadors of Muslim countries posted in Iran on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
"If the Islamic Ummah were united and relied on their own commonalities, they would certainly be a unique power in the international political scene but big powers have imposed such divisions on the Islamic Ummah to pursue their own interests and safeguard the Zionist regime,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader added that certain incompetent officials in Muslim countries support the "illegitimate” Israeli regime, noting that arrogant powers created "criminal” terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and the ISIL.
"Iran has no trust in the US because American politicians are completely dishonest and unfair,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
He stressed the importance of reinforcing unity among Muslim nations, and said Shia and Sunni Muslims have long coexisted peacefully in the region.
"With regard to regional issues like Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Bahrain, the Islamic Republic of Iran does not pursue its own interests but it believes that the main decision-makers in these counties are the nations and others have no right to interfere and make decisions,” the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to arrogant powers’ policies on Yemen, saying the U.S. is supporting the Arab country's fugitive former president who left the country at a sensitive juncture .
He added that arrogant powers also seek to overthrow a popular government in Iraq, sow discord among Muslims and divide the country, but the Islamic Republic’s policy vis-a-vis its western neighbor is based on supporting a democratic government, resisting factors of civil wars and defending Iraq’s territorial integrity.
Arrogant powers intend to oust the Syrian government which is strongly resisting the Israeli regime, the Leader said, adding that Iran considers an anti-Zionist country as useful for the Muslim world.
Ayatollah Khamenei once again reaffirmed Iran’s support for the Lebanese resistance movement due to its bravery and genuine resistance against aggressive powers.
"The Americans dub the Lebanese resistance as terrorist and regard Iran as a supporter of terrorism because of its support for the Lebanese Hezbollah, while the Americans, themselves, are real terrorists who have created Daesh (ISIL) and support the wicked Zionists,” the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei further pointed to the latest round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in Vienna, and called on the Iranian nation to remain united because the negotiators are pursuing national interests.