Iran's leader rebuffs Rouhani's detente policy ahead of vote

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON (Reuters) – Iranians should not thank Hassan Rouhani’s policy of detente with the West for any reduction in the threat of war, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, stepping up his criticisms of the president as elections approach.
In comments that appeared to favor hardline candidates in the May 19 vote, Khamenei played down the benefits of Rouhani’s landmark agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear activities in return for a lift