Ayatollah Khamenei received Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday evening. Mr. Tsipras is visiting Tehran and heads a delegation of his country to Iran.
Leader believed that Iran and Greece, as heirs to ‘resplendent civilizations of ancient Persia and Hellenic Greece,’ would celebrate this visit as a fresh start for improvements in bilateral trade and long-term cooperation; “the EU now is a ground for conflicting interests; this is because the EU as an independent polity, lacks the vigor in its policies vis-à-vis the US and the criticisms still hold true that Europeans systematically lack an independent line of policy,” the Leader said. “With Syria, terrorism is a highly contagious disease which if abandoned untreated, will contaminate all; however, a strong collective will could efficiently fight and destroy terrorist strongholds, while some countries in the region directly support terrorists.”
