Iran’s supreme leader on Friday urged his government not to negotiate with the after the US president proposed fresh nuclear talks.
“You should not negotiate with such a government. It is unwise. It is not intelligent. It is not honorable to negotiate,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during a meeting with army commanders.
Khamenei said the United States had already “ruined, violated and tore up” a 2015 nuclear deal negotiated under Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration. Donald Trump, a Republican, pulled out of the deal in 2018, during his first presidential term.
“We must understand this correctly: They should not pretend that if we sit down at the negotiating table with that government, problems will be solved,” Khamenei said.
“No problem will be solved by negotiating with America,” he said, citing previous “experience.”
On Wednesday, Trump suggested striking a “verified nuclear peace agreement” with Iran which insists that its is for peaceful purposes.
Under the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran had agreed to scale back its nuclear program and submit to international inspections, in exchange for sanctions relief.
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