"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader said Thursday that he was willing to restore diplomatic relations with the United States but doing so now would make his country more vulnerable to U.S. espionage.
"I would be the first one to support these relations," state radio quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying at a student group meeting in the central Iranian province of Yazd.
"Of course we never said the severed relations were forever," added Khamenei, 69, who has final say in all state matters. "But for the time being, it (restoring ties) is harmful and we should not pursue it."
Khamenei said restoring ties with the U.S. now would "provide an opportunity for security agents to come and go, as well as for espionage." "It has no benefit for Iranian nation," state radio quoted him as saying at a student group meeting in the central province of Yazd. It would be an "opportunity for U.S. infiltration, traffic of their intelligence agents and espionage on Iran."
Khamenei Says Iran Ties With US Possible
wait... he would restore ties but for the time being... he's not going to?
but maybe after they have a nuclear weapon?
hmmmm.



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