The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the proposal for negotiations on a nuclear agreement sent to him by US President Donald Trump. Khamenei said that “there are gangster countries that insist on imposing their conditions for others,” and noted that “Tehran will never accept the demand to limit his missile program.”
The day before, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Aragchi said that Iran’s nuclear program “could not be folded”.
In an AFP interview, he added that, as part of the “maximum pressure” policy of President Donald Trump, which he introduced to the Islamic Republic during his first term, there will be no negotiations with the United States.
Recall that US President Donald Trump said on Friday, March 7, that he sent a letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling him to negotiations in order to prevent Iran to receive nuclear weapons.
“On Thursday, I sent a letter to the Supreme Leader of Iran to start negotiations,” Trump said. “Iran should not have nuclear weapons.”
In early March, Iranian President Masud Cyzeshkin said that he planned to resume the dialogue with the United States under the Iranian nuclear transaction, but the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke out against this.