Baku, Azerbaijan, March 20
By Farhad Daneshvar - Trend:
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described the US government as Iran's "enemy".
"Openly speaking, when I say the enemy, I mean the government of the US," Ayatollah Khamenei told a crowd in Mashhad City on the occasion of the New Iranian Calendar Year, state-run TV channels broadcast live.
He further emphasized that the Iranian nation has no issues with the American people but the US administration is "the enemy of Iran".
Pointing to Iran's nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group of countries also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), he said that the US has lifted sanctions on paper, but has prevented effects being fulfilled.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the other side, under various pretexts and through deception, is not fully implementing its side of the deal such as removing all obstacles to Iran's banking transactions or unfreezing the country's assets abroad.
The leader further added that there is no guarantee that President Barack Obama's successor would fulfill the obligations regarding the nuclear deal.
The Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew is making ceaseless efforts in order to prevent Iran from benefiting from the JCPOA results, the leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei also called for an increase in the productivity level in Iran, particularly in the energy sector, adding this can save billions of dollars.