In an address to Friday prayers worshippers in Tehran, Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad
Khatami said the Constitution has stressed the need for relations with the
world countries, but has also set conditions for it.
Article 52 of the Constitution stipulates that the Islamic Republic does not
come under hegemony and does not seek the hegemony over others in its foreign
policy, the cleric explained, saying this principle prevents any relations
with the US and the fake Zionist regime.
"We won’t have relations with the US as long as it would not come to its senses,
and it has not so far,” Ayatollah Khatami said.
Pointing to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei’s
emphasis on foreign diplomacy and push for stronger ties with the eastern and
western nations, the cleric said the Leader’s recent move to send a special
envoy to Moscow had the message that Iran has contacts with the entire world.
In comments last week, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized the necessity for diplomacy
and enhanced foreign relations, saying, "Except for a few cases like the US, the
country’s relations with the East and the West must be further strengthened and
diplomacy’s operational and purposeful mobility should increase.”
It came after Ali Akbar Velayati, a former foreign minister and a special envoy
of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, travelled to Russia to submit messages from
Ayatollah Khamenei and also the Iranian president to Russian leader Vladimir
Putin.
Source: Tasnim