(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The US said yesterday it was disturbed by anti-US hostility voiced by Iran's top leader after a nuclear deal, as both countries' top diplomats sought to calm opposition to the accord from hardliners at home.
Secretary of State John Kerry said a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday vowing to defy US policies in the region despite a deal with world powers over Tehran's nuclear programme was "very troubling".
"I don't know how to interpret it at this point in time, except to take it at face value, that that's his policy," he told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television
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