Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday (February 7, 2025) urged his authorities to not negotiate with america, saying it will be “unwise”.
“You shouldn’t negotiate with such a authorities, it’s unwise, it isn’t clever, it isn’t honourable to barter,” Mr. Khamenei mentioned, including america had beforehand “ruined, violated, and tore up” a 2015 nuclear deal.
The warning got here days after U.S. President Donald Trump referred to as for a “verified nuclear peace settlement” with Iran, including that it “can not have a nuclear weapon”.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is solely for peaceable functions and denies any intention to develop atomic weapons.
“We should perceive this accurately: they need to not fake that if we sit down on the negotiating desk with that authorities (the US administration), issues will likely be solved,” Mr. Khamenei mentioned throughout a gathering with military commanders.
“No drawback will likely be solved by negotiating with America,” he mentioned, citing earlier “expertise”.
Mr. Trump, who returned to the White Home on January 20, had on Tuesday reinstated his “most stress” coverage in opposition to Iran over allegations the nation is searching for to develop nuclear weapons.
Below the powerful coverage of sanctions throughout Trump’s first time period, which led to 2021, Washington withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal that had imposed curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme in return for sanctions aid.
Tehran adhered to the deal — often known as the Joint Complete Plan of Motion — till a yr after Washington pulled out, however then started rolling again its commitments.
Efforts to revive the 2015 deal have since faltered.
Throughout the assembly, Mr. Khamenei mentioned Iran was “very beneficiant” and made “concessions” throughout the negotiations which culminated within the 2015 deal but it surely “didn’t obtain the supposed outcomes.”
“The identical one that is in energy now tore up the treaty,” the supreme chief mentioned.
He additional warned Iran would take reciprocal measures if the U.S. threatened or acted in opposition to Iran.
“In the event that they threaten us, we’ll threaten them. In the event that they perform this risk, we’ll perform our risk. In the event that they assault the safety of our nation, we’ll assault their safety with out hesitation,” mentioned Mr. Khamenei.
Printed – February 07, 2025 04:45 pm IST
