Has the Supreme Leader just given a positive sign for a deal between Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, Britain, Germany, France, China, and Russia) for a comprehensive nuclear agreement?
As Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif continues a second day of discussions with US Secretary of State John Kerry and the European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Oman (see Iran Daily), Ayatollah Khamenei’s office has declared on Twitter:
Why does Ayatollah Khamenei support the #NuclearTalks?
#Iran #IranTalksOman pic.twitter.com/awJ9OxTfOg
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) November 10, 2014
Not all of the nine reasons are written in the friendliest of ways — “5. Repelling the evil of the Great Satan and solving the problem” — but the Supreme Leader puts the positive in announcing an emphasis on “Iran’s decisive policy of not possessing nuclear weapons”.
And there’s more as Iran is “Decisively Opposing the Domineering System” while “Preserving the National Asset” and “Adhering to Religious Obligations” not to develop the Bomb:
What are the features of #Iran's diplomacy?
#IranTalks #IranTalksOman pic.twitter.com/1woZ6CdLBZ
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) November 10, 2014