Iran rejected a US request for cooperation against the jehadist Islamic State group early in its advance in Iraq and Syria, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday.
“Right from the start, the United States asked through its ambassador in Iraq whether we could cooperate against Daesh (Arabic acronym for IS),” Khamenei said in a statement on his official website. “I said no, because they have dirty hands,” said Khamenei who has
the final say on all matters of state in Iran.