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Supreme Leader: Iran prioritizes interaction with all countries except US and Zionist regime

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, August 13, IRNA -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that interaction with all countries except the US and Zionist regime is on the agenda of Iranian diplomatic missions abroad.

The Supreme Leader made the remarks in a meeting with the Iranian ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions abroad, in Tehran on Wednesday.

Establishing relationship and holding negotiations with the US might have some privileges for Iran only under very rare and specific circumstances because it is illogical to be after something that has no profit for us, said the Supreme Leader.

Some tried to imply that many of our problems could be solved by sitting at the negotiation table with the US but we believed it to be impossible as shwon in last years developments, said the Supreme Leader.

In the past there was no contact between Iranian and American officials but in this happened last year and due to the sensitive nuclear issue, Ayatollah Khamenei said.

Iranian diplomats were assigned to establish contacts at foreign ministerial level but it produced no results. The move encouraged the Americans to change their tone and adopt a harsh and insulting one and make excessive demands in the meetings as well and from public podiums, said the Supreme Leader.

Our negotiating team gave a crushing response to them in the meetings and the negotiations turned out to be fruitles, Aatollah Khamenei said.

Referring to imposition of further economic sanctions against Iran, the Supreme Leader said the Americans not only did not lessen their enmity but further tightened economic sanctions. They claimed that the sanctions were not something new.

On continuation of nuclear negotiations, the Supreme Leader said the Iranian negotiating team comprising Irans foreign minister and his deputies was quite successful but talks with the Americans did never helped lessen their enmity.

Sitting at negotiation table with the Americans offered a dubious image of Iran to the world with western governments and propaganda machine trying to imply that Iran is not firm in its approach, said the Supreme Leader.

Holding more negotiations with the Americans will only prepare the grounds for them to make more demands, said Ayatollah Khamenei.

Interaction with the Zionist regime is totally out of question, said the Supreme Leader, adding that as long as the US administation and Congress maitain their hostile attitude (towards Iran), interaction with them will be fruitless.

The Supreme Leader said all individuals in the world regard the US as an accomplice to the crimes beign committed by the Zionists (against Palestinian people in Gaza Strip).

On Iraq developments, the Supreme Leader said after appointment of the new Iraqi premier, the problems will be resolved and formation of the government will give a good lesson to those seeking to maintain the chaotic conditions in the country.

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