The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday hailed the course of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the World powers, urging Iran’s team to continue their efforts.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday hailed the course of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the World powers, urging Iran's team to continue their efforts.

“What Dr Zarif and Iran’s negotiators have achieved would be continued; their negotiating experience is a priceless achievement for all to know that negotiations with the US will not lessen their animosity toward Iran,” asserted the Leader.

His eminence used a metaphor to compare diplomatic field to war fronts and believed that the current era was a time of transition toward a new world order.

"In this era, strong and pragmatic diplomacy was of great importance which made the foreign ministry’s duty even more difficult," the Supreme Leader underlined.

He pointed to the other nations’ hatred for the US blind support for the Zionist entity in Gaza and reiterated that no one in the world would exculpate the US from complicity in the genocide by the usurper, cruel and pagan Zionist regime in Gaza.

“The US is now in a weaker stand,” the Leader added.

“Palestinian's polemic about truce is correct. They say predatory regime of Israel cannot do any crimes it wills and return to pre-war days unscathed,” he said.

“There should be a reparation for Zionists’ crimes in Gaza and in the Palestinians’ view, the reparation would be an end to Gaza siege,” said the Leader, closing his remarks with “no just person would ever deny such rightful demand.”

Ayatollah Khamenei also hailed the appointment of Iraq's new prime minister, saying that enemies' plot to push Iraq into further chaos through political disputes over premiership will be foiled once the new cabinet starts work.

"God willing, the deadlock will end with the appointment of Iraq's new prime minister and the government will be formed to start its work and give a good lesson to those who did and do intend to stir chaos and sedition in Iraq," his eminence said while addressing a meeting in Tehran on Wednesday with Iran's diplomatic corps abroad who have convened in the Iranian capital since Sunday to discuss agenda for their mission in the next year.

Iraq's President Fuad Masum on Tuesday asked Haider al-Abadi to form a new government.

Abadi has been nominated as prime minister, while some Shiite parties had named incumbent Nouri Maliki as their choice for premiership. According to Iraq's constitution, the majority fraction at the parliament should name the prime minister.

Iran has recognized Abadi as Iraq's new premier. Several high-ranking Iranian officials have congratulated him and the Iraqi nation on the appointment.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani last night congratulated Iraq's religious authority, people and government on the election of the country's new prime minister.

The Iranian parliament speaker also wished success for the government and nation of "the friendly and neighboring country (of Iraq)".

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani also voiced Tehran's support for the legal procedures taken in Iraq for the appointment of Iraq's new prime minister, and congratulated Abadi on his appointment to the post, stressing that the new Iraqi prime minister should be named by the majority fraction at the parliament as envisaged in the constitution.

According to the Iraqi constitution, the country's prime minister should be a Shiite, while the president should be a Kurd, and the parliament speaker should be chosen from the Sunni population.