On the event of the fortieth anniversary of the first Friday Prayers organized after the Islamic Revolution in August 1979, Friday prayers’ leaders from across the country met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution at the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyeh.

At this meeting, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran stressed that Western governments’ arrogant behavior is the main obstacle in establishing ties and maintained: Western governments’ major vice is their arrogance. If they face a weak government, their arrogance will be effective. But if that country knows the truth about them and resists, the Western governments will be defeated.
Referring to problems rising between Iran and the European partners of the JCPOA, Ayatollah Khamenei said: Now, in the matters between us and the Europeans, the problems persist, because of their arrogance.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution highlighted Iran’s commitment to the JCPOA—also known as the Iran Deal—and criticized European dignitaries of the deal for breaching it, saying: As stated by our Foreign Minister, who works hard, Europe has had eleven commitments, none of which it has met. The Foreign Minister, despite his diplomatic considerations, is clearly stating that. But what did we do? We acted based on our commitments, and even beyond that.
Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated that Iran continued to stay within the JCPOA despite the fact that the EU partners of the JCPOA as well as the British government violated the international plan of action and yet demanded Iran to stay with its promises: Now that we have started to reduce our commitments, they step forward. They are very insolent, and they have not abided by their eleven commitments. We have just started to reduce some of our commitments, and this process will surely continue.
The Supreme Leader slammed the British government for the recent attack on Iranian tanker and declared: Among all these nonsensical expectations, the vicious government of Britain commits piracy, and steals our ship. They commit crimes and make it appear legal. The Islamic Republic and devout agents of the system will respond to these vicious acts.