Leader slams ‘fake’ report on secret US contact

Iran’s Supreme Leader has dismissed a BBC report revealing secret contact between late Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and US presidents before the Iranian revolution. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said “Britain has always been hostile to us” and the report was “fake”. The story was based on newly declassified US government documents from the Cold […]

Iran’s Supreme Leader has dismissed a BBC report revealing secret contact between late Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and US presidents before the Iranian revolution.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said “Britain has always been hostile to us” and the report was “fake”.
The story was based on newly declassified US government documents from the Cold War.
Mr Khamenei suggested they were forged.
The original report revealed how Ayatollah Khomeini had courted the Carter administration from exile in Paris to broker his return to Iran.