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Iran says US sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy

"Trump's desperate administration is destroying the established international mechanisms for maintaining world peace and security."

News Desk (Reuters)
Dubai
Tue, June 25, 2019 Published on Jun. 25, 2019 Published on 2019-06-25T11:20:11+07:00

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Iran says US sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader office shows, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tehran on June 13, 2019. Abe met Khamenei seeking to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington during the first visit by a Japanese premier since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Tokyo is a key ally of Washington and has also traditionally enjoyed good ties with Tehran. (AFP/HO / IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER'S WEBSITE)

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ran said on Tuesday that a US decision to impose sanctions on the country's supreme leader and other top officials permanently closed the path to diplomacy between Tehran and Washington.

"Imposing useless sanctions on Iran's Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the commander of Iran's diplomacy (Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif) is the permanent closure of the path of diplomacy," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a tweet.

"Trump's desperate administration is destroying the established international mechanisms for maintaining world peace and security."

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