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Iran's Supreme Leader Dismisses European Mechanism to Bypass U.S. Sanctions as "Bitter Joke"
(AFP-Daily Mail-UK) Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday dismissed a trade mechanism launched by European countries to bypass renewed U.S. sanctions as a "bitter joke" and said Europe could not be trusted. Britain, France and Germany launched the special payment system in January. "We should completely forego (any hope) of help or cooperation from Westerners in strengthening our economy, we shouldn't wait for them," he said. "Once again the Europeans have stabbed us in the back, they have betrayed us."