A senior Iranian cleric has criticized a number of presidential candidates for promising to reach out to the United States once they win the upcoming poll, Press TV reports .
“Some hopefuls say, ‘I will hold talks with the US and solve the issue of sanctions’; such remarks sound more like a joke and are hilarious,” Tehran interim Friday Prayers leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, is quoted as saying to worshippers in the Iranian capital city.
The Islamic cleric ruled out direct talks between Iran and the US, arguing that such negotiations would not benefit the Islamic Republic because the US government only seeks its own interests.
