Iran,s top leader rejected possible intervention in Iraq by the United States or any other outside power, accusing Washington on Sunday of trying to manipulate Iraqi sectarian differences to retake control of the country it once occupied
    In remarks, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei added that Iraqis themselves could end violence in their country
    "American authorities are trying to portray this as a sectarian war, but what is happening in Iraq is not a war between Shiite and Sunnis," said Khamenei, who has the last word in all matters in Shiite Muslim Iran
    "It is indeed the same old hegemonic order using leftovers of the Saddam regime as its key pieces, and the Takfiri dogmatic elements as foot soldiers," he told judiciary officials

TEHRAN - Iran,s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Sunday (June 22) that he was against any intervention by the United States in neighboring Iraq, where Islamic extremists and Sunni have seized a number of towns and cities
    “We strongly oppose the intervention of the U.S. and others in the domestic affairs of Iraq,” Ayatollah Khamenei was quoted as saying, in his first reaction to the crisis
    “The main dispute in Iraq is between those who want Iraq to join the U.S. camp and those who seek an independent Iraq,” said the ayatollah, who has the final say over government policies. “The U.S. aims to bring its own blind followers to power since the U.S. is not happy about the current government in Iraq”
    Ayatollah Khamenei said Iraq,s government and its people, with the help of top clerics, would be able to end the “sedition” there, saying extremists are hostile to both Shiites and Sunnis who seek an independent Iraq

TEHRAN — Iran,s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made remarks Sunday that lessened any remaining possibility of military cooperation between the Islamic republic and the United States in securing Iraq against an onslaught from al-Qaeda-inspired militants
    “We do not support any foreign interference in Iraq and we are strongly opposed to U.S. interference there,” Ayatollah Khamenei said at an event with members of Iran,s judiciary
     “The United States is dissatisfied with the result of elections in Iraq and they want to deprive the Iraqi people of their achievement of a democratic system, which they achieved without U.S. interference,” Ayatollah Khamenei said
    Ayatollah Khamenei also rejected the idea that violence engulfing Iraq is part of a sectarian war and blamed the United States and other foreign powers for what he called their roles in allowing extremist groups to flourish in the Middle East

Iran,s supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border.