Khan'ali-Zadeh, a presenter on Iranian state television, quoted the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as saying he never believed in negotiations and told the Iranian negotiating team that the talks are not in their interest either in this world or the next, according to the broadcast cited by a Telegram news channel. The remarks resurface amid growing hardline skepticism of the US-Iran MOU.
A presenter on Iranian state television, identified as Khan'ali-Zadeh, quoted the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as saying he never believed in negotiations and told Iran's negotiating team that the talks are not in their interest in this world or the next, the broadcast was cited on Sunday by a Telegram news channel covering Arab world affairs. The remarks were not timestamped in the clip, but they resurface amid a sustained hardline pushback against the US-Iran memorandum of understanding approved earlier this week by Khamenei's successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.
Previous reports by The Zioneer noted that Khamenei's February speech — delivered 11 days before his death in a US-Israeli strike — has been recirculated on Iranian social media as ammunition against the deal. On Sunday morning, an Iranian MP read an alleged top-secret document on live TV purporting to show Khamenei's opposition to talks, before the broadcast was cut. The state TV host's latest quote strengthens the narrative within Iranian hardline circles that the late leader's principled opposition has been overridden by his successor.
The claim is attributed to a single source — the state TV presenter's on-air statement as reported by the source — and has not been independently corroborated.
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