Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Wikipedia.

The United States is still fundamentally hostile to Iran and its policies have undermined the benefits of sanctions relief, the Islamic Republic’s hardline leader said on Sunday, warning Iranians not to trust their old enemy.

Ringing in a new Iranian year at a televised rally in the Shi’ite holy city of Mashhad, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said fear of US regulations was keeping big foreign companies, particularly in the financial sector, away from Iran.

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