Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei, which aired on Channel 2, Iranian TV, on May 16, 2007.
Ali Khamenei: These days, people are talking about negotiations with America. What happiness they express about it – both in their newspapers and in their statements. Those living in [Iran] and those living abroad talk about it. They think that the Islamic Republic has changed its firm and reasonable policy, which rejects negotiations with America and which is 100% defensible. They are wrong.