Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave another angry speech on Sunday in which he condemned interference in the affairs of neighboring Iraq by outside powers, even as hundreds of Iranian commandos continued to pour into Iraq to battle the ISIL terror militia. “We are strongly opposed to US and other (countries’) intervention in Iraq,” IRNA quoted Khamenei as saying. “We don’t approve of it, as we believe the Iraqi government, nation and religious authorities are capable of ending the sedition. And God willing, they will do so…the US is seeking an Iraq under its hegemony and ruled by its stooges.” The speech came two days after Iranian diplomats informed their counterparts at talks in Vienna that the Islamic Republic rejects what they described as “excessive demands” that it roll back the myriad illegal elements of its renegade nuclear program. Read More
