Iran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei called for “Death to America” on Saturday, a day after President Barack Obama appealed to Iran to seize a “historic opportunity” for a nuclear deal and a better future, and as US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed substantial progress toward an accord.
Khamenei told a crowd in Tehran that Iran would not capitulate to Western demands.When the crowd started shouting, “Death to America,” the ayatollah responded:
“Of course yes, death to America, because America is the original source of this pressure.
...The politics of America is to create insecurity,” he added, referring both to US pressure on Iran and elsewhere in the region.
...Kerry was more circumspect, as he spoke to reporters after six days of negotiations in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
The talks, made “substantial progress,” he said, but “important gaps remain.
“We have an opportunity to get this right,” Kerry said, as he urged Iran to make “fundamental decisions” that prove to the world it has no interest in atomic weapons.
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