Pessimism in Iran?

In a recent speech in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei stated that he’s not feeling optimistic about the outcome of future negotiations between Iran and the P5+1, because he’s concerned that the U.S. will start pressing Iran on other issues–like human rights and Iran’s ballistic missile program–if an agreement is reached. As for U.S. criticisms of Iran’s human rights record, the Ayatollah said that any charge of human rights abuses in Iran is “shameless,” because “the U.S. government itself is the greatest violator of human rights worldwide by starting various wars [such as those in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere], supporting dictators, supporting Israel’s state-sponsored terrorism, and genocide.”