TEHRAN: The fate of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers is still not decided but it will not leave the country vulnerable to US influence, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday. Khamenei said Tehran would block any US attempt to influence Iran despite the reaching of the historic deal.

“They think that through this agreement — the fate of which is not clear as no one knows if it will be approved here or in America — they could find a way to intrude into the country,” Khamenei said.

“We have closed such a path and will decisively shut it. We’ll allow neither economic nor political nor cultural intrusion by the United States.”