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As Iran Nuclear Talks Resume, Supreme Leader Khamenei Criticizes U.S.
(New York Times) Rick Gladstone and Thomas Erdbrink - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei harshly denounced the U.S. on Thursday as negotiations to conclude an interim agreement in the Iranian nuclear dispute resumed, saying those talks illustrated what he called the hostility of Americans toward Iran and the Muslim world. "The enemies think they imposed the embargo and forced Iran to negotiate," he said. "No! We have already said that if we see interest in particular topics, we will negotiate with this devil in order to eliminate trouble coming from it." "Khamenei...is likely to support negotiations if they produce results, meaning sanctions relief, but he also has to prepare himself politically for the failure of the nuclear talks," said Alireza Nader, an Iran analyst at the RAND Corporation.