Khamenei’s position against western powers before nuclear talks starts again

Tehran, Iran – Shortly before Iran and the United States, along with other world powers, is expected to head back to Vienna for nuclear talks, Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei said “predatory wolf” President Joe Biden is no different from his predecessor.

Khamenei blasted the “shameless” behavior of the US on Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal on Saturday, saying it behaved as if Iran left the accord, while the Americans in 2018 unilaterally withdrew from it, imposing harsh sanctions.

He also slammed the European signatories to the deal, saying, “They are like the US as well, but in words and rhetoric they are always demanding as if it was Iran that for long ridiculed and undermined negotiations”.

The supreme leader’s remarks came during his first visit with President Ebrahim Raisi’s cabinet, which gained a sweeping vote of confidence by the country’s hardline parliament on Wednesday.

On Friday, Iran’s new foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, had his first phone call with the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, during which Borrell called on Iran to commit to a date to come back to Vienna for talks on restoring the nuclear deal.

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