Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said talks with the United States “are not wise, neutral and respectable,” President Trump said he was willing to restore talks with Tehran.
But Mr Khamenei refused to order the Iranian government, which has sent indications for several months that he is interested in the talks, not engaging with Washington. And although Mr Khamenei had made an unusual indication of openness to talks last year, he has generally made public currency with Washington even quietly allowed Iranian officials to negotiate.
In the comments on Friday, Mr Khamenei argued that Iran’s previous experiments had spoken with the United States, showing that Washington could easily withdraw the agreements. Under Mr Trump’s former administration, the United States unilaterally withdrew from a nuclear deal, which would restrict its enrichment and uranium storage in return for sanctions.
“Talking with the United States will not solve any problem. Proof? According to the Iranian state news agency, IRNA,” Mr Khamenei said, which says his comments are Iranian Armed Forces. The commanders and staff took place during a meeting.
“The same person who is now in the office, tore the deal,” said Mr Khaamini. “No one will talk to such a government. The conversation is not unlucky, neutral, respectable.
Ali Waz, the Iranian project director of the international crisis group, said on social media that these comments could be “just in line” with Mr Khaamini’s former public view. In 2011, he opposed public talks with the Obama administration, even as he had given negotiators the authority to secretly meet US officials in Oman.
“If there is a real restriction, it has once again made it opposed to his story.” Mr Waz said.
The leader’s comments appear to be diminishing the gestures by Iran’s reformist president Masood Pazeskyan last week, who told NBC News that he was ready to talk to the United States, as long as he was “ours. Respect honor and wisdom and hold them on an equal basis. “
Tehran seems weakening of its influence in the Middle East-in which Israel’s Lebanese colleague Hezbollah’s successful collapse and his long-standing ally in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad, who said The concern has led to the fact that it will be the point that this will happen. Even more inclined to turn to the nuclear enrichment of a group of weapons.
US officials warned earlier this week that they believe that Iran was working to develop a fast, fast approach to producing an atom bomb.
In his comments on Friday, Mr Khamenei made the concerns that rejecting the talks would further damage Iran’s economy, and it would be debated to seek Iran’s domestic response to the crisis. Will be
“What solves these problems is a domestic element,” he said.
Earlier this week, Mr Trump himself seems to indicate that he wants to restore the negotiations, even when he signed an executive order that would return an “excessive pressure” policy Which will try to prevent Iranian oil exports, which is an important source of tax for it. Country
He signed the order and told reporters, “I am tearing about it.” “Everyone wants me to sign it. He said, “I will do it, but he added that he is unhappy with it. “
President on his social media site this week Promised To discuss a “certified nuclear peace deal”, like it targeted in its previous administration. He said he would like to start working toward an agreement “immediately”.
He wrote, “I want Iran to become a great and successful country, but one that cannot have nuclear weapons.”
But Mr Trump also threatened this week that if his killers killed him, he would “end” Iran.
Mr Khaamini’s remarks on Friday included a clear response to the threat. “If they threaten us, we will threaten them,” he said. If they put this risk into practice, we will put our work into practice. If they violate the security of our nation, we will violate their security.
