|
Trending Topics
|
After Crushing Protests, Iran's Supreme Leader Tries to Avert a U.S. Attack
(AP) Lee Keath - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, is trying to avert a potential U.S. attack. He is allowing Iran to enter negotiations with the U.S. over its nuclear program, reversing his previous rejection of talks. Still, Iran's domestic crackdown displayed the iron grip that Khamenei and his Revolutionary Guards are capable of imposing. Thousands were killed and tens of thousands were arrested. By agreeing to nuclear negotiations with the U.S., Khamenei may be seeking to buy time to avert U.S. strikes. But the two sides are far apart. Iran has staunchly opposed the main American demands, that it halt all nuclear enrichment and that it surrender its uranium stocks.