Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that he will not negotiate a nuclear deal with the US, referring to requirements about the rocket range and the influence of the country.
In a series of messages on X called Khamenei the US The government “compelling”, and claims that negotiations are only a means to set new requirements.
“Such negotiations are not aimed at solving issues,” wrote Khamenei. “Their goal is to practice their dominance and to impose what they want.”
He added the “requirements” that relate to the defense and international capacities of the country.
The supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 7, 2024. (Iranian leader press office/handout/anadolu via getty images)
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“Telling us that we should not do this, not to meet that person, not to go there, not to produce this and limit the reach of our rockets to a certain extent,” wrote Khamenei. “How can someone accept such things?”
Khamenei posted one day after President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to Khamenei that insists on a nuclear agreement with Tehran, which suggests that there can be military consequences if no deal is reached.
Trump told reporters on Friday that the US is “until the last moments” Negotiating with IranAnd he hoped that a military intervention would not be necessary.
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives a speech during a program held after the murder of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah 2 October 2024. (Iranian leader press office/handout/anadolu via getty images)
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In a statement on Saturday, spokesperson for the National Security Council Brian Hughes said that the administration hopes that Iran places his people and best interests for fear. “
“President Trump clearly said that there are two ways in which Iran can be treated: soldier or by closing a deal,” Hughes wrote.
Ben Taleblu, director of the Defense Foundation of the Iran program of Democracies, wrote in a statement that Trump should be “careful” in discussions with Tehran.
“Tehran has set a fall for him, hoping to lure him into endless diplomacy used to stimulate maximum pressure and to dampen the credibility of an American or Israeli military option while buying time to crawl to a nuclear weapon,” Ben Taleblu wrote in a statement.
Although Trump said in February that he believed that Iran was “close” when developing a nuclear weapon, he noted that the US would prevent the action.
Iranian students attend an annual meeting for the former American embassy in Tehran, Iran, 3 November 2024, on the occasion of the 45 -year anniversary of the takeover of the embassy of Iranian students. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
He also signed an executive action that the Ministry of Treasury ordered to perform “maximum economic pressure” on Iran by a series of sanctions that would destroy the oil export of the country.
The “maximum pressure” initiative against Tehran, which was determined during the first Trump government, issues larger sanctions and harder enforcement for violations.
The president’s comments and the subsequent posts of Khamenei came days before the 18th birthday of Sunday of the kidnapping of retired FBI Special Agent Robert “Bob” Levinson from Kish Island, Iran.
The FBI Washington field posted on Facebook on Friday and said that “Bob and his family reminds every day” prior to the birthday and the national hostage and unlawful detained day.
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The FBI still offers a reward of $ 5 million for information that leads to the location, recovery and return of Levinson, according to the post.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rewards for Justice Program offers a reward of a maximum of $ 20 million for information that leads to its location, repair and return and information that leads to the arrest or conviction of anyone responsible for his alleged kidnapping.
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“As part of our continuous efforts to resolve Bob’s matter and to hold the Iranian regime responsible for his role in Bob’s disappearance, we recently released looking for information -posters with Mohammad Baseri and Ahmad Khazai, two Senior Intelligence Offications in the moment for Iran’s Ministry and Security officers Agency wrote in the post.
Diana Stancy from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
