In a lengthy statement on the "Second Phase of Revolution", Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei suggested that "today, the Iranian nation, in addition to the criminal regime of the U.S., regards a number of European governments as deceiving and unreliable. The Islamic Republic of Iran must prudently observe its boundaries with them; it should not retreat from its revolutionary and national values; it should not be scared by their void threats; and at all times, it should consider the dignity of the country and try to wisely, prudently and of course with a revolutionary standpoint settle the solvable problems it has in relations with them". "In the case of the U.S.", he added, "no problem with them is seen to be resolved, and any negotiation with the U.S. will have no outcome but material and spiritual harms".