“In the nuclear negotiations, if sensible things are said and fair and wise arrangements are made, we will agree to them; but, Iranians, from the top all the way to the bottom of social strata, from the masses of the people to all its officials, will stand up to excessive demands,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader noted that both the Iranian nation and the negotiating sides must know that “if the talks fail, the one who will lose the most will be the Americans not us.”
“For the same reasons that we did not oppose the negotiations in principle, we do not oppose the extension of talks,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, reiterating that the Iranian nuclear negotiating team “will resist any bullying.”
The Leader also said that the Islamic Republic does not need to win the trust of the US government with regard to the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.
“We do by no means need the US to trust us. Nor do we seek to win its trust because it has no significance for us,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader also said that hegemonic powers are trying to block the Iranian nation’s growth and prosperity under the pretext of Iran's nuclear issue.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the US officials wrongly claim that they intend to guarantee the security of the Israeli regime, adding that Washington is seeking to “appease the global network of Zionist tycoons.”
“You must know this fact that Israel will get more insecure day by day no matter a nuclear deal is reached or not,” the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei said US President Barack Obama needs “great success and victory” in Iran's nuclear issue in a bid to boost his falling popularity.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution also said the US and its European allies joined hands to bring the Iranian nation to its knees over the nuclear issue, but failed to do so.
“In the nuclear issue, the United States and colonial European countries got together and did their utmost to bring the Islamic Republic to its knees, but they failed, and will continue to fail,” Ayatollah Khamenei noted.
The Leader further referred to the violence by Takfiri ISIL extremists operating in the Middle East, stressing that such a Takfiri current serves the objectives of the hegemonic powers.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the aim of the so-called coalition, led by the United States to fight the ISIL is a “mere lie,” adding that Washington actually “seeks to keep this scourge alive, which of course it won’t be able to.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei reaffirmed Iran’s support for the Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied territories, adding the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank should be armed to defend their land, just like the Gazans.
“We are not entangled in religious divisions, and we will provide Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Palestine with the same assistance we offered to Shia Hezbollah in Lebanon,” the Leader noted.
Ayatollah Khamenei also called on Muslim scholars to help uproot the Takfiri current, which has diverted the Islamic world’s attention from the Israeli regime’s atrocities against the holy al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem al-Quds.
