Tehran, Iran--Iran's supreme leader accused the United States of "spreading lies" about the Islamic state Wednesday, Iranian media reported.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who just wrapped up a tour of the region."Once again the Americans have sent their agent to go around the Persian Gulf like a vagabond and repeat the same lies," he said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency."But so far no one has believed their words because America is not thinking of the interests of the region," he continued. "On the contrary, [the United States] has always trampled as far as it could on the rights of the region's countries for the sake of its own illegitimate interests"...Iranian media:"Supreme leader accuses U.S. of 'spreading lies'"
Tehran, Iran--Iran's supreme leader accused the United States of "spreading lies" about the Islamic state Wednesday, Iranian media reported.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who just wrapped up a tour of the region."Once again the Americans have sent their agent to go around the Persian Gulf like a vagabond and repeat the same lies," he said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency."But so far no one has believed their words because America is not thinking of the interests of the region," he continued. "On the contrary, [the United States] has always trampled as far as it could on the rights of the region's countries for the sake of its own illegitimate interests"...