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Iran's supreme leader says 'cowardly' US cannot be trusted

As Iran awaits a new president set to take office Aug. 3, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the West cannot be relied upon in future negotiations.

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the outgoing Rouhani administration that the West is not to be trusted and cited obstacles in the negotiations to bring the United States back into the Iran nuclear deal. — Twitter/Khamenei.ir

As the United States and other Western nations await for the new Iranian administration to take over Aug. 3 in order to complete negotiations on the nuclear deal, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has suggested that deep differences still remain.

In a July 28 meeting with outgoing President Hassan Rouhani and his Cabinet, Khamenei summed up the Rouhani administration's performance as “uneven.” He said while some of the administration's performance went “as expected,” other aspects did not.

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