Iranians were on Friday warned by the country’s supreme leader not to trust the U.S. and other “small and big enemies” of the country during commemorations of Ayatollah Khomeini who led the country through the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Iran’s top leader has ruled out cooperation with America against the Islamic State group, their common enemy in Syria and Iraq.
“America has continued its enmity towards Iran since [the 1979 Islamic] revolution”.
Ali Khamenei also accused of Washington of not being committed to a nuclear deal reached between Tehran and six major powers that aims to curb the country’s nuclear activities.
Iran particularly accuses President Barack Obama’s administration of not taking the required steps to reassure big global banks who are reluctant to do business with Iran for fear of punitive measures.
Iran and the U.S. have a common enemy in the region, the terrorist group Islamic State.
Iran’s Supreme Leader said it would be a mistake to trust “evil” Britain and the United States.
In Syria, the multipronged conflict has pitted the US and rebel groups backed by it against militants of the Islamic State group and President Bashar Assad, who has the support of Russian Federation and Iran – two countries have consistently balked at the prospect of Assad’s removal, stating that doing so would create a power vacuum that may plunge the war-torn country into further chaos.
While the JCPOA has come into force in January, the United States has still failed to fully meet its commitments to the accord, and has even taken measures that are perceived to run counter to the spirit of the deal, like confiscating the Central Bank of Iran’s assets in an American bank.
But the U.S. and European Union have kept sanctions related to Iran’s missile programme, its human rights situation and support for groups like the Lebanese Hezbollah, which Washington categorises as a “terrorist” organisation.
“They use human rights, terrorism.as pretexts to avoid fulfilling their commitments”, Khamenei said.
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The driving force behind the 1979 revolution was the rallying point for public outrage against Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had strong backing from the United States and Britain while using secret police and martial law to subjugate his people.
