Iran’s leader backs nuke talks, with conditions

Iran’s leader backs nuke talks, with conditions

GENEVA (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader voiced support today for the negotiations over his country’s nuclear program, but insisted there are limits to the concessions Iran will make in exchange for an easing of the sanctions choking its economy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also blasted Israel as being “the rabid dog” of the region, bent on besmirching Iran’s reputation. French President Francois Hollande rejected those comments as “unacceptable,” adding they only complicate the nuclear talks beginning later today in Geneva, spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said.