Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Iran�s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed pessimism over holding negotiations with the United States, sending a message to moderate President Hassan Rouhani who vowed during his recent re-election campaign to enter talks with Washington to lift non-nuclear sanctions.

In a meeting with heads of the government branches and senior officials on June 12, the supreme leader urged them to �act vigilantly, meticulously and very cautiously wherever it is required to work with foreigners. Remarks should not be made in a way that implies trusting the enemy, as it will have a negative effect on both inside the nation as well as among the foreigners.�

Mentioning the nuclear negotiations, which were held between 2013 and 2015,�Ayatollah Khamenei added, �Our government could have distrusted the enemy, but it acquiesced in some cases and for some reason � for instance to give the US an excuse � however, no excuses were yielded and it was detrimental for us.�

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