Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the indirect talks between Iran and the United State in the Omani capital Musca, have been \u201cimplemented well in their initial steps,\u201d but added that the Islamic Republic is \u201cvery skeptical\u201d of the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Tuesday, addressing the heads of the Islamic Republic\u2019s executive, judicial, and legislative branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Leader, however, said, \u201cWe are neither excessively optimistic nor overtly pessimistic about these talks,\u201d and stressed, \u201cOf course, we are very distrustful about the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Do not tie country\u2019s issues with talks\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Leader identified the talks as one among the many affairs that had been addressed by the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter all, it is an action and a measure that has been decided upon and has been carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201dAyatollah Khamenei underlined that the development of the Islamic Republic\u2019s various affairs should not be linked to the issue of the talks, asserting that the country had to lead those various affairs independently and rely on its own resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet us not tie the country\u2019s issues to the talks,\u201d the Leader said, adding that despite Iran\u2019s sentiment of great skepticism regarding the talks, \u201cWe are optimistic about our own capabilities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remarks came after Iran and the US held talks in the Omani capital last Saturday, with Oman’s foreign minister functioning as the mediator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Islamic Republic has stressed that the talks were solely aimed at addressing the US\u2019s illegal and unilateral sanctions against the country, and various aspects of the Iranian nuclear energy program, strongly rejecting speculation about the process\u2019s involving other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The United States lifted some of the sanctions as per the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a historical 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers. Washington, however, returned the bans three years after conclusion of the deal, and even began piling up more coercive measures on the Islamic Republic. The US has termed the adversarial approach as \u201cmaximum pressure,\u201d which has also seen American officials\u2019 repeatedly threatening to use military force against the Iranian soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Islamic Republic has, meanwhile, underscored that any direct negotiations with the US were neither useful nor acceptable for Tehran as long as Washington retained its hostile policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Leader further insisted on the country\u2019s refusal to associate its growth to the issue of the talks, noting that it did so during the negotiations leading to the JCPOA\u2019s conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDuring the era of the JCPOA, we tied everything to the progress of the negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ayatollah Khamenei, however, cautioned that repeating the process would turn away investors, saying, \u201cWhen an investor sees that the country is conditional on negotiations, they do not invest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Culled from Press TV<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the indirect talks between Iran and the United State in the Omani capital Musca, have been \u201cimplemented well in their initial steps,\u201d but added that the Islamic Republic is \u201cvery skeptical\u201d of the other side. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Tuesday, addressing the heads of the Islamic Republic\u2019s executive, judicial, and legislative branches. The Leader, however, said, \u201cWe are neither excessively optimistic nor overtly pessimistic about these talks,\u201d and stressed, \u201cOf course, we are very distrustful about the other side.\u201d \u2018Do not tie country\u2019s issues with talks\u2019 The Leader identified the talks as one among the many affairs that had been addressed by the Foreign Ministry. \u201cAfter all, it is an action and a measure that has been decided upon and has been carried out. \u201dAyatollah Khamenei underlined that the development of the Islamic Republic\u2019s various affairs should not be linked to the issue of the talks, asserting that the country had to lead those various affairs independently and rely on its own resources. \u201cLet us not tie the country\u2019s issues to the talks,\u201d the Leader said, adding that despite Iran\u2019s sentiment of great skepticism regarding the talks, \u201cWe are optimistic about our own capabilities.” The remarks came after Iran and the US held talks in the Omani capital last Saturday, with Oman’s foreign minister functioning as the mediator. The Islamic Republic has stressed that the talks were solely aimed at addressing the US\u2019s illegal and unilateral sanctions against the country, and various aspects of the Iranian nuclear energy program, strongly rejecting speculation about the process\u2019s involving other issues. The United States lifted some of the sanctions as per the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a historical 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers. Washington, however, returned the bans three years after conclusion of the deal, and even began piling up more coercive measures on the Islamic Republic. The US has termed the adversarial approach as \u201cmaximum pressure,\u201d which has also seen American officials\u2019 repeatedly threatening to use military force against the Iranian soil. The Islamic Republic has, meanwhile, underscored that any direct negotiations with the US were neither useful nor acceptable for Tehran as long as Washington retained its hostile policies. The Leader further insisted on the country\u2019s refusal to associate its growth to the issue of the talks, noting that it did so during the negotiations leading to the JCPOA\u2019s conclusion. \u201cDuring the era of the JCPOA, we tied everything to the progress of the negotiations.\u201d Ayatollah Khamenei, however, cautioned that repeating the process would turn away investors, saying, \u201cWhen an investor sees that the country is conditional on negotiations, they do not invest.\u201d Culled from Press TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy-and-foreign-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24685,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24683\/revisions\/24685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}