Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has unequivocally said that negotiations with the Donald Trump-led US authorities won’t outcome within the lifting of sanctions imposed on Iran, in keeping with state media.
The assertion solely goes on to replicate Iran’s reigning skepticism in direction of US intentions, following President Donald Trump’s current overtures for talks on a brand new nuclear deal.
“When the US president says we’re prepared to barter with Iran and invitations us to talks, it’s a trick to deceive the world’s public opinion,” Bloomberg quotes Khamenei’s speech proven on Iranian state TV on Wednesday.
Talks with the present US authorities gained’t result in sanctions aid for Iran and “will make the knot of the sanctions tighter and enhance the strain,” Khamenei mentioned.
Khamenei has constantly emphasised that Iran won’t be coerced into negotiations underneath what he describes as US “bullying” techniques.
Iran’s sanctions on US?
In August 2017, Iran handed a legislation aimed toward countering what it perceives as US violations of human rights and terrorist actions within the area. This legislation included provisions for reciprocal measures in opposition to US entities and people concerned in such actions.
For instance, Iran has designated US army and intelligence entities as terrorist organizations in response to comparable U.S. designations in opposition to Iranian entities.
Trump’s Letter on Nuclear Program Reaches Khamenei?
In the meantime, an Emirati diplomat earlier recognized by Tehran as carrying a letter from US President Donald Trump in search of to jump-start talks over Iran’s quickly advancing nuclear program met Wednesday with Iran’s international minister within the Iranian capital, Related Press reported.
It’s unclear how Iran will react to the letter, which Donald Trump revealed throughout a tv interview final week.
In response to AP report, Iranian state tv confirmed Emirati official Anwar Gargash assembly with Iranian International Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran. Gargash’s go to had not been beforehand introduced.
Iran’s International Ministry spokesman earlier mentioned he’d be carrying the letter from Donald Trump.
The transient footage shot earlier than the assembly didn’t present the letter.
US President Donald Trump final week acknowledged writing a letter to the 85-year-old Khamenei.
“I’ve written them a letter saying, ‘I hope you’re going to barter as a result of if we now have to go in militarily, it’s going to be a horrible factor,’” Trump mentioned within the interview.
Trump has provided no particulars on what, if something, was particularly provided to Iran within the letter.
What Occurred the Final Time trump Wrote a Letter to Khamenei?
The final time Donald Trump tried to ship a letter to Khamenei, by means of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2019, the supreme chief mocked the hassle.
Shinzo Abe ended up slipping the envelope underneath his leg in footage extensively shared by Iranian state media to at the present time.
US President Donald trump sending a letter to Khamenei through the Emirati diplomat reminded one of many US President’s letter-writing to North Korean chief Kim Jong Un in his first time period, which led to face-to-face conferences however no offers to restrict Pyongyang’s atomic bombs and a missile program able to reaching the continental US.
