Iran's supreme leader dismissed Sunday the prospect of foreign countries bartering a deal over Syria's future, saying a halt to fighting and fresh elections is the only solution, AFP reports.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also repeated his ban on direct talks with the United States about turmoil in the Middle East, saying US objectives in the region were utterly at odds with Iranian policy.
The comments, to Iran's ambassadors and other top diplomats, were Khamenei's first since his country joined on Friday international talks in Vienna on the four-year Syrian conflict.