Iran’s Top Leader Expresses ‘Pessimism’ After Nuclear Deal

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) —
In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader on Saturday, July 18, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers his sermon during the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei said a historic nuclear deal with world powers reached this week won't change Iran's policy towards the "arrogant" government of the United States. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s top leader has called for vigilance in ensuring that world powers meet their commitments under a newly implemented nuclear deal while expressing “pessimism” about U.S. intentions.

In his first public remarks since international sanctions were lifted following a U.N. report that Iran had fully complied in scaling back its nuclear program, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran should “exercise care [that] the other party implements its commitments.”

He added that “expressions by some U.S. politicians in recent days are a matter of pessimism,” without elaborating.

The remarks, his first since the deal was implemented over the weekend, came in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani published by state media Tuesday. Khamenei, the country’s top decision maker, has praised Iran’s negotiators while continuing to express deep mistrust of the United States.

 

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