Friday prayer Imam says Iran's hostility toward US is "endless"

A Friday prayer Imam in Iran said the country's hostility toward the United States was "deep-rooted, fundamental and endless," adding that Tehran had "no trust" in Washington despite ongoing negotiations.

Omran Hosseininasab, the Friday prayer leader of Soltaniyeh in Zanjan province, said Iran entered talks with the United States as "the plaintiff, the creditor and the avenger of blood."

"We have no trust in the enemy," he said.

Hosseininasab also said that reports suggesting chants of "Death to America" had been discouraged were false, describing the slogan as the "permanent slogan of the Iranian nation."

He further said that killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was "America's greatest crime" and that the "stain of that crime would remain on the forehead of the United States forever."