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Iran Nuclear Deal Wins Tepid Endorsement from Ayatollah Khamenei
(New York Times) Thomas Erdbrink - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday publicly endorsed for the first time the July nuclear agreement. But the provisional endorsement was accompanied by a warning that Tehran expected all sanctions to be lifted or it would walk away from the deal. The endorsement was included in a letter addressed to President Rouhani that pointed out several flaws in the deal. Khamenei said that Iran was seeking additional guarantees that international economic sanctions must be "completely canceled," adding that if the sanctions stay, the deal will be void. Khamenei also said that President Obama should be taken to an international court for his support of "seditionists," "financing the opponents of the Islamic Republic" and "straightforward military threats." The U.S. "stepped into the field of negotiations not with an intention of finding a fair solution, but rather to fulfill its hostile purposes against the Islamic Republic of Iran."