Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refused to promote President Trump's nuclear deal talks between the two countries, claiming the initiative is the gateway for Washington to impose new demands and limit Tehran's military capabilities.
“Some forced governments have insisted on negotiations. Such negotiations are not intended to resolve the issue. Their purpose is to take control of them and impose what they want,” the Iranian supreme leader said. statement Saturday. “For the forced government, negotiations are a way to impose new demands. Iran will definitely not meet these new demands.”
In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Trump said he wrote to Khamenei as he was about to negotiate a fresh nuclear deal with Tehran.
“I wrote to them, 'If we have to go militarily, I hope we negotiate because it's going to be awful,” the commander told Fox News' “Sunday Morning Future.” The entire interview will air on Sundays.
“They are making new demands regarding the country's defense capabilities and int'l,” Khamenei said on Saturday without directly referring to the US. The ability says not to do this, not to meet the person, not to go there, not to generate this, to some extent limit the range of missiles. ”
“How can anyone accept that,” he added, without mentioning whether he received Trump's letter.
The US and Israel have previously said that Iran should not be able to obtain nuclear weapons. Tehran has been working to enrich uranium to levels close to nuclear weapons capabilities.
Iran says the program is being developed for peaceful purposes, but some of its officials I threatened If the country is “threatened”, it develops an atomic bomb.
On Wednesday, Trump repeatedly said that Tehran is unable to have nuclear weapons and wants to reach a deal with Iran, saying, “Iran is planning to work with Israel to infuse Smithalene.”
“I would prefer a verified nuclear peace agreement that will allow Iran to grow and prosper peacefully,” Trump wrote on Wednesday of the True Society. “We need to start working on it right away and have a great Middle Eastern celebration when signed and completed. God bless the Middle East!”
In 2018, Trump withdrew from Iran's nuclear deal mediated during the former presidential Obama administration and ordered a US-led strike against Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.
