Iranian leader: It's good that Obama's not thinking war

Recent remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama that he is not thinking of military action against Iran are positive, according to Iran's supreme leader, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Thursday.

But Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized Obama's threat to impose more sanctions on Iran, saying Tehran's enemies have been imposing repeated sanctions ever since the country's Islamic Revolution more than 30 years ago "in the hope of turning Iranians away from the Islamic establishment," the television network said.

The continued threat of sanctions demonstrates Obama's illusions on the issue, Khamenei said, adding that will backfire on U.S. officials and fail.