Iran Leader Says No to US Talks.
Iran's top leader told his team not to make deals with the United States. He sees such talks as wrong.
"Making deals with them is not wise or smart," said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He pointed to past times when the US broke a 2015 nuclear deal.
His words came after US head Donald Trump asked for a "checked nuclear peace deal" with Iran. Trump said Iran must not own nuclear arms.
Iran says its nuclear work serves peace. The land does not want to make weapons, it adds.
"We need to see this right. Sitting with the US will not fix things," Khamenei said to army chiefs.
"Talks with the US fix nothing," he said, thinking of past times.
Trump came back to the White House on January 20. By Tuesday, he brought back his hard rules against Iran. He thinks the land wants nuclear arms.
Under Trump's first term as head, which ended in 2021, the US left a big nuclear deal. This deal made Iran slow its nuclear work. Iran kept its word for one year after the US left. Then, Iran cut back on what it did under the deal.
Work to bring back the 2015 deal has not gone well.
Khamenei said Iran gave much in the 2015 deal talks, but the deal did not work as hoped.
"The same man in power tore up the deal," the top leader said.
He added Iran would act if the US made moves against it.
"If they say bad things, we will say bad things. If they do what they say, we will do what we say. If they hurt our land's peace, we will hurt their peace fast," said Khamenei.
Iran's top leader told his team not to make deals with the United States. He sees such talks as wrong.
"Making deals with them is not wise or smart," said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He pointed to past times when the US broke a 2015 nuclear deal.
His words came after US head Donald Trump asked for a "checked nuclear peace deal" with Iran. Trump said Iran must not own nuclear arms.
Iran says its nuclear work serves peace. The land does not want to make weapons, it adds.
"We need to see this right. Sitting with the US will not fix things," Khamenei said to army chiefs.
"Talks with the US fix nothing," he said, thinking of past times.
Trump came back to the White House on January 20. By Tuesday, he brought back his hard rules against Iran. He thinks the land wants nuclear arms.
Under Trump's first term as head, which ended in 2021, the US left a big nuclear deal. This deal made Iran slow its nuclear work. Iran kept its word for one year after the US left. Then, Iran cut back on what it did under the deal.
Work to bring back the 2015 deal has not gone well.
Khamenei said Iran gave much in the 2015 deal talks, but the deal did not work as hoped.
"The same man in power tore up the deal," the top leader said.
He added Iran would act if the US made moves against it.
"If they say bad things, we will say bad things. If they do what they say, we will do what we say. If they hurt our land's peace, we will hurt their peace fast," said Khamenei.
