Imam Khamenei outlines history behind enmity for Washington

Source: AFP, 29-10-2008
TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that "hatred" of Washington in the Islamic Republic was "deep-seated" because of past US agression against his country. "This conflict goes far beyond having differences over a few political issues," Khamenei told students in a speech, quoted by state television ahead of the 29th anniversary of the 1979 hostage-taking at the US Embassy.
The supreme guide added that his country's "hatred toward the US government is deep-seated because of its plots against the Iranian people over the past 50 years."
The United States orchestrated a 1953 coup that deposed the administration of then-Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq and restored the widely reviled shah.
"Besides, they have not apologized yet and rather keep on their arrogant attitude," he said ahead of the November 3 anniversary of the embassy seizure that the Islamic Republic marks with nationwide demonstrations.