In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani
speaks about the future of Iran-US ties, Tehran's troubled relationship
with Riyadh and how to move forward.
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Hashemi Rafsanjani, the chairman of Iran's Assembly of Experts, delivers
the opening speech during the assembly's biannual meeting in Tehran,
Sept. 22, 2009. (photo by REUTERS/Caren Firouz)
Exclusive: Rafsanjani on future of Iran-US ties, Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN — In an exclusive interview with
Al-Monitor, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran’s most powerful
politicians, spoke about the future of relations with the United States.
He also hit back at domestic critics of
Iran’s nuclear deal with
six world powers, saying they are “making a mistake.” While
acknowledging that Washington seems to want to “distance itself from the
past,” Rafsanjani said that that approach needs to be proven in action
and that the implementation of the deal would be a major step. The
interview in his Tehran office on July 28 is the first Rafsanjani has
conducted with a foreign media outlet since the Joint Comprehensive Plan
of Action was struck.
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