“We had announced previously that on certain issues, if we feel it is expedient, we would negotiate with the Satan (the United States) to deter its evil,” Khamenei said, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

“The nuclear talks showed the enmity of America against Iran, Iranians, Islam and Muslims,” he said.

Iran and the P5+1 powers, including the U.S., last November reached an interim nuclear deal that gave the Islamic Republic what the U.S. said was $7 billion in sanctions relief in exchange for reduced uranium enrichment.