Today, even the diplomatic officials and those who were present in the [nuclear] negotiations reiterate the fact that the US is breaching its promises, and while speaking softly and sweetly [to Iran], is busy obstructing and damaging Irans economic relations with other countries, Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with thousands of Iranians from several provinces in Tehran on Monday.
On January 16, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany started implementing the nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), that they had clinched on July 14, 2015.
Under the agreement, all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran by the European Union, the Security Council and the US would be lifted. Iran has, in return, put some limitations on its nuclear activities.
The JCPOA, as an experience, once again proved the futility of negotiations with the Americans, their lack of commitment to their promises and the necessity of distrust ofUS pledges, the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei added that the JCPOA experience also showed that the solution for the progress of the country and the improvement of the nations living standards is [focusing] attention to existing potentialities inthe country, not the enemies who are constantly creating obstacles for Iran in the region and the world.
The Leader further stressed that the Iranian nation must learn from the experience of the US conductregarding the JCPOA, adding, They [the US officials] say come and negotiate [with us]on regional issues as well, but the JCPOA experience tells us that takingthis step would be a deadly poison and that the Americans remarks cannot be trusted onany issue.
Saudi-Israel relations stab in Muslims back
Elsewhere,Ayatollah Khamenei said the disclosure of relations between the Saudi government and the Zionist regime is akin tostabbingthe Muslim Ummahin the back.
This move by the Saudis is a big sin and treachery but the Americans are also complicit in this massive wrong measure because the Saudi government is follower, possessed by and subservient tothe American government, the Leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei also referred to the Saudi aggression against Yemen, mentioning the relentless bombardment of houses, hospitals and schools and the continuous killing of children as another major crimes committed by the Saudi government.
These crimes are also committed with Americans'weaponry and through their green light, the Leader pointed out.
The Leader further pointed to the backtracking of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on condemning the Saudi atrocities against the Yemeni children and said, Unfortunately, even when the United Nations seeks to condemn these crimes after a long time, they shut its mouth with money, threats and pressure.
The UN chief on June 9 strongly criticized Saudi Arabia and its allies for putting undue pressure on the world body in order to seek their removal from a blacklist for overwhelmingly violating childrens rights in Yemen.
In his first public remarks about the uproar, Ban said he decided to temporarily take Saudi and some Arab monarchies off the blacklist of children rights violators in Yemen after they threatened to cut off funding UN humanitarian programs.
Ayatollah Khamenei said, The disgraced UNsecretary general confessed to these pressures, but instead of confession, he should have stepped down, not continue tostay [in his post] and betray humanity.
By Press TV
