Sputnik - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that there are various ways to nullify US sanctions.




MOSCOW (Sputnik) � The development of�Iranian-Russian cooperation can help to�isolate the United States and �nullify� Washington�s sanctions, for�example by�replacing the dollar with�national currencies in�multilateral transactions, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during�his meeting with�Russian President Vladimir Putin.
�We can nullify US sanctions, isolate it by�various methods such as�eliminating the dollar, replacing it with�national currencies in�bi/multi-lateral economic transactions � You [Putin] have a strong personality and are a man of�decisions and actions. That's why one can talk, logically�cooperate�with�Russia, as�a major power, on�great works which demand resolution, efforts,� Khamenei said, as�quoted by�his website.


The Iranian supreme leader praised Iranian-Russian cooperation on�Syria.

�The two countries' cooperation on�Syrian issues�proved that Tehran and Moscow can achieve common goals during�challenging situations � Tehran and Moscow's proper resistance and cooperation against�terrorist sedition and corruption in�Syria is very meaningful and has made Russia influential in�West Asia,� he added.

The conversation between�Khamenei and Putin was held after�the�trilateral meetingof�presidents of�Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan that took place in�the Iranian capital of�Tehran.