His people celebrated news of an interim nuclear deal with world powers.
But Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is much less enthusiastic.
And in his first comments on the matter, apparently meant to keep hardline loyalists on side, the Islamic Republic’s most powerful figure has warned about the “devilish” intentions of the United States.
In a speech broadcast live on state television, Khamenei said he was neither for nor against last week’s framework accord.
“What has happened so far neither guarantees a deal – or talks leading to a deal, nor does it guarantee the content of a deal. ....It doesn’t even guarantee the talks will go on until the end and will lead to a deal,” he said.
The Supreme Leader, who has the last say on all state matters, repeated his faith in President Hassan Rouhani’s negotiating team who met world powers in the Swiss resort of Lausanne and are now seeking a final accord before an end of June deadline.
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