[Times-UK] Martin Fletcher - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei launched a fierce attack on "meddling" Western leaders Monday. In a televised speech he declared: "We warn the leaders of those countries trying to take advantage of the situation: beware. The Iranian nation will react....The leaders of arrogant countries, the nosey meddlers in the affairs of the Islamic Republic, must know that even if the Iranian people have their differences, when your enemies get involved, the people...will become a firm fist against you." Khamenei said that interventionist comments by outside countries would have a "negative impact" on future relations with Iran; a not-so-veiled threat at a time when the West is anxious to resume negotiations to halt Iran's nuclear program.
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