Khamenei says nuclear deal won't change Iran's anti-U.S. policy

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said whether or not Iran approves the nuclear deal reached by diplomats earlier this week, the nation will keep its anti-U.S. policy, Reuters reports.

"We will never stop supporting our friends in the region and the people of Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, and Lebanon," he said in a Tehran mosque Saturday. "Even after this deal our policy towards the arrogant U.S. will not change."

Khamenei said recent U.S. presidents have sought "surrender" from Iran, and that if the two countries went to war, the U.S. would suffer "a broken head."

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Diplomats from Iran, the U.S., and five global powers reached a deal Tuesday that would curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relieving the nation's economic sanctions.