DHAKA: A Twitter account Iran experts believe is run by the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticised France on Sunday after Paris expressed reservations about a proposed deal to end a decade-old dispute over Tehran`s nuclear programme.

A message posted in English on the account @khamenei_ir said, ‘French officials have been openly hostile towards the Iranian nation over the past few years; this is an imprudent and inept move’.

A second tweet said, ‘A wise man, particularly a wise politician, should never have the motivation to turn a neutral entity into an enemy’.

The authenticity of the messages, which appeared to refer to talks in Geneva that ended on Saturday night without clinching a deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme, could not immediately be confirmed.

BDST: 2012 HRS, NOV 10, 2013
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