🚨🇮🇷 Here’s the full statement of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei:
“O passionate and loyal nation of Iran! As you have been informed, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Presidents of Iran and the United States.
In the path to reaching this stage, the responsible officials, out of concern and with good intentions, made many efforts, and indeed it was this American President who, out of desperation, used various levers to achieve this matter.
I, in principle, had a different opinion. But due to the commitment that the honorable President, as the head of the Supreme National Security Council, gave on behalf of himself and other members to uphold the rights of the Iranian nation and the Resistance Front, and because he explicitly accepted responsibility for it, I issued permission for it.
They also explicitly stated that if the American side tries to make excessive demands, they will not accept them.
From this moment on, we, meaning you, the proud nation, and this humble servant, will wait for the realization of the stated conditions.
However, it is obvious that the face-to-face negotiations that will be held in the future will not mean accepting the enemy’s view. We hope that the good prayers of our Master, may God hasten his noble reappearance, will bring various victories and triumphs to the honorable nation of Iran.”
Source: Middle East Spectator on Telegram / Writer: OliverMario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)🇮🇷 Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei just put out an official statement and confirmed something every leak this week was pointing toward:
He personally disagreed with the deal and only permitted it because someone else took the responsibility for it in advance.
“I, in principle, had a different opinion, but due to the commitment that the honorable President gave on behalf of himself and other members to uphold the rights of the Iranian nation, I issued permission for it.”
The Supreme Leader of Iran is putting the political risk on Pezeshkian’s government and keeping his own hands clean if it goes badly.
His framing of future talks as not meaning “accepting the enemy’s view” is the hardliner faction telling itself it didn’t actually lose.
The first public statement from Iran’s top authority on this deal is a hedge. That tells you a lot about how fragile this actually is.
Source: Middle East Spectator on Telegram / Writer: Oliver— https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2067664423385493797
— @MarioNawfal Jun 18, 2026
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