Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday scoffed at American demands that his country curb its military ambitions and issued his own set of demands to Europe to remain in the nuclear deal. In his first speech since U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo laid out the U.S. strategy against Iran , the Islamic Republic’s most senior leader fired back, threatening to withdraw from the deal and scale up Iran’s nuclear work if Europe didn’t meet seven conditions. The demands came as Iranian officials engage in a flurry of talks with Europe to try to preserve the 2015 accord after President Donald Trump announced the U.S.’s withdrawal earlier this month. The U.K., Germany, France and the European Union were involved in the negotiation of the 2015 agreement, which also included the U.S., Russia and China. Mr. Khamenei’s conditions included a requirement that European countries not raise the issues […]