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Khamenei reappears with combative speech against Biden, Trump

"The hostility [against Iran] is not just from Trump's America, which supposedly some could say would end when he leaves, as [President Barack] Obama's America also did bad things to the Iranian nation," supreme leader says.

by  Reuters and ILH Staff
Published on  12-16-2020 18:45
Last modified: 08-27-2024 09:52
Khamenei reappears with combative speech against Biden, TrumpReuters/Morteza Nikoubazl

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl) | File photo: Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used his first public appearance in weeks to suggest the United States would remain hostile towards the Islamic Republic even after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

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Speaking on Wednesday at his first public function since rumors surfaced in early December that his health was deteriorating, Khamenei said Washington could not be trusted.

In a meeting with organizers of events to mark the first anniversary of the killing of the terrorist leader and the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani, Khamenei said American supposed antagonism would not disappear with the end of the Trump administration.

"The hostility [against Iran] is not just from Trump's America, which supposedly some could say would end when he leaves, as [President Barack] Obama's America also did bad things to the Iranian nation," Khamenei said.

Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers in 2018 and imposed new sanctions. Biden's coming to power has raised the possibility that Washington could rejoin the agreement.

'If the @JoeBiden administration pursues a policy of accommodating #Iran and alienating our partners in the region, there will be no more peace agreements,' #US Special Advisor for Middle East Peace Brian Hook tells #i24NEWS pic.twitter.com/GIv9Wj0Vc1

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) December 16, 2020

Some hardline Iranian officials and lawmakers close to Khamenei have questioned President Hassan Rouhani's stand that a revival of the deal may lead to a lifting of sanctions. But Khamenei said he was not opposed to government efforts towards that end.

"If the sanctions can be lifted, we should not delay even one hour...If the sanctions can be lifted in the right, wise... and dignified way, this must be done," Khamenei said, addressing government officials.

Earlier, Rouhani said he was happy Trump was leaving office, calling him "the most lawless US president" and a "murderer" for hampering Iran's access to COVID-19 vaccines.

"We are not overjoyed about Mr. Biden's arrival, but we are happy about Trump leaving … that such a terrorist and murderer, who does not even have mercy for coronavirus vaccines, will be gone," Rouhani said in a televised speech to the cabinet.

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