Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran ,on Monday Aug 13 ,2018 said, dialogue with a bullying regime that uses talks as a tool for pursuing its hostile policies is forbidden and would be detrimental to Iran.

Iranpress/Iran: The leader of Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei receives  thousands of people who eagerly rushed to meet their leader  This morning .  

At this meeting, the Supreme Leader of the Revolution addressed recent economic problems of the country, calling ‘internal factors’ as the source of the crisis and added: Scholars and many officials believe that the problem is internal. The problem of gold coin and foreign currency unfolded due to negligence and mismanagement. People from all walks of life feel the livelihood problems today. A group of the people are truly under extreme pressure. The inflammation in food and housing, and other problems puts pressure on the people.

Ayatollah Khamenei described the dramatic fall of Rial against foreign currencies as targeting mainly the working class and said: Reduction of the value of national currency is a problem of the present economic situation. When the value of Iranian Rial falls in such a manner, it is the daily paid laborer who is left with nothing.

The Leader of the Revolution attributed the source of the current economic problems as internal mismanagements rather than external factors, highlighting that: Economic experts and many officials agree that today's livelihood problems do not emerge from outside; rather, they are tracked down to internal issues.

Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that sanctions may play a role in creating the current economic situation, but that domestic factors are stronger role players on the matter by saying: Not that sanctions are not playing a role, but the main reasons lie in the measures taken within the country. If actions are taken more efficiently, more prudently, more swiftly and more firmly, sanctions cannot have much effect and they can be resisted.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution described the Head of Judiciary’s recent letter regarding the punishment of economic corruption as a major step and held: The committers of economic corruption are to be seriously confronted, with no compromise. The recent letter by the head of the Judiciary Branch is a big step forward to countering economic corruption and [punishing] committers of economic corruption. 

Ayatollah Khamenei once again urged the officials to strictly punish financial crimes, and stressed: Those who commit corruption must be punished. When corruption and convicts of corruption are opposed, some may start to protest.

His Eminence described corruption as a “seven-head dragon” that has to be obliterated, and assreted: Some years ago, I wrote a letter to the heads of the three branches of power, indicating that corruption is like a seven-head Dragon that needs to be totally obliterated. Know that economic convicts are going to be seriously confronted with; with no compromise.

Meanwhile the audience demanded the capital punishment of the committers of economic corruption and chanted: the committers of economic corruption should be sentenced to capital punishment.

However, Ayatollah Khamenei confronted the audience and responded: Wait! Are you the court? Do not bring about a negative atmosphere.

The Supreme Leader then called for a just trial of the convicts and added: Some of the convicts might be sentenced to capital punishment, and some to imprisonment. I have reiterated, that encountering must be done justly, with appropriate meticulousness. I have always been combating against corruptions and convicts of corruption, and I still hold to my belief.

But some go too far in their remarks, calling all as corrupts, by referring to the term systemic corruption; this is not true. It is true that even a little corruption is too much; but going to extremes is problematic in every aspect.  

His Eminence called for supervision of the process to combat corruption and called every branch of the powers as responsible towards confronting economic corruption. He went on to say: Supervision entities must be present with strength and awareness; the parliament (Majlis), the Judiciary Branch, and all the devout people should feel responsible and act vigorously. Any path leading to corruption must be shut down. In the matter of foreign currency and gold coins, if corruption is opposed, corruption will be blocked.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution slammed U.S. rhetoric towards Iran and stated: The U.S. has become more blatant and ruder in their rhetoric over the past few months. Previously they were not so observant of diplomatic etiquette in their speech either; however, they have become ruder towards all nations.

Ayatollah Khamenei draw an example of U.S.’s blatancy in actions and rhetoric and said: The example of it is that during the last week, the Saudis committed two crimes: attacking a hospital and attacking a school bus with 40 or 50 innocent children on board. Do you have 8 or 9 year-olds at home? This is a dramatic tragedy. It truly breaks one’s heart.

He criticized U.S.’s reaction towards the attack and added: The news shook the global conscience. But how did the U.S. react? Instead of condemning the crime, the U.S. said, “We have strategic relations with Saudi Arabia.” Is this not shamelessness? What the U.S. president did to two or three thousand children by separating them from their parents, putting them in cages because they were immigrants is an unprecedented crime in history!

Ayatollah Khamenei further slammed U.S. action towards Iran and held: Recently, the U.S. officials have been talking blatantly about us. Beside sanctions, they talk about war and negotiations. They talk about an spirit of war to frighten the cowards.

Ayatollah Khamenei then criticized U.S.’s role in negotiating by stating: In the matter of negotiations, they play a poor game. One of them says, negotiations with preconditions, another one says, negotiations without preconditions. Let me address the people on the matter in a few words: There will be no war, nor will we negotiate with the U.S. This is the gist of the word that all the Iranian people should know. The U.S. has now suggested negotiations; this is not new. This has existed since the beginning of the revolution.

Ayatollah Khamenei elaborated to the audience why Iran has decided not to negotiate with the United States and asserted: Why won’t we negotiate? The U.S. negotiations formula is this:

- Because the Americans rely on money and power, they consider negotiations as a commercial exchange.

- When the U.S. wants to negotiate with a party, they determine their main goals, and then they won’t retreat even a step away from these goals.

- They demand that the other party to pay a privilege immediately; and if the other party refuses to comply with them, they start to make a fuss, so the other party would surrender.

- The U.S. itself does not pay anything in exchange for what it takes from the other party. The U.S. only makes strong promises in order to enchant the other party with mere promises.

- In the final stage, after receiving all the immediate advantages, the U.S. breach their own promises.

He further added: This is the method of the American negotiations. Now should we negotiate with such a fraudulent government? The JCPOA was a clear example of this. Though, I was very exigent about it, the red lines weren’t actually respected.

Finally Ayatollah Khamenei banned any negotiations with the U.S., saying: The Islamic Republic can negotiate with the U.S. only when it reaches the power and sovereignty that would nullify U.S.’s pressures and domineering efforts; when those efforts have no effect on Iran. Today this is not the case. Thus, I will ban negotiations with the U.S. just as Imam [Khomeini] did.