TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top leader hinted Saturday that he disapproved of the phone call between Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Barack Obama during the Iranian leader's trip to New York last month, but he reiterated his crucial support for the president's policy of outreach to the West. The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reflect the difficulties facing Iran's leadership to pursue groundbreaking outreach to Washington without risking a major backlash from hard-line groups uneasy about the pace of the contacts. In separate remarks, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the exchanges with Washington already have paid dividends by opening opportun...
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