Supreme leader says he 'had a different opinion' but gave Iran permission to sign deal with US

After signing an agreement between the US and Iran, oil tankers sail through the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said this Thursday (18) that he had given permission to the Iranian government to sign the peace agreement with the United States, although he initially did not agree with the plan.
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Through a post on his social network, Khamenei made the first statement since the agreement was signed, on Wednesday (17), between the presidents of the United States, Donald Trump, and Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian.
"In principle, I had a different opinion (about the memorandum of understanding), but because of the commitment that the respectable President (...) made on behalf of himself and the members to preserve the rights of the Iranian nation and the resistance front, and which he clearly expressed in accepting responsibility for it, I granted the permission," declared the Iranian.
Khamenei also stated, in the post, that Trump acted in "desperation" to reach an agreement.
"On the way to reach this stage, those responsible, out of compassion and good intentions, made many efforts and it was the president of the United States who, out of desperation, used all kinds of levers to achieve this", he said.
The supreme leader did not comment on the next phase of negotiations, in which the US and Iran will discuss the Iranian nuclear program and must present a resolution within 60 days.
Donald Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei
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Source: G1