“Some Bully Governments Insist On Negotiations”: Khamenei After Trump Risk
Tehran:
Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday slammed what he described as bullying techniques a day after US President Donald Trump threatened army motion towards Iran.
“Some bully governments — I actually do not know of any extra applicable time period for some international figures and leaders than the phrase bullying — insist on negotiations,” Khamenei instructed officers after Trump threatened army motion if Iran refuses to interact in talks over its nuclear programme.
“Their negotiations are usually not aimed toward fixing issues, they intention at domination,” Khamenei mentioned.
On Friday, Trump mentioned he had written to Iran’s supreme chief, urging new talks on the nation’s nuclear programme or face attainable army motion if it refuses.
Khamenei mentioned on Saturday that bullying powers intention to claim their very own expectations.
“They’re setting new expectations that they assume will certainly not be met by Iran,” he mentioned, with out naming the USA or referring to Trump’s letter.
On Friday, International Minister Abbas Araghchi instructed AFP in an interview that Tehran wouldn’t negotiate beneath “most strain”, though he didn’t instantly handle Trump’s letter.
Trump reinstated his coverage from his first time period of most strain on Iran upon returning to the White Home in January.
Underneath this coverage, the USA in 2018 withdrew from the Iran nuclear accord formally generally known as the Joint Complete Plan of Motion (JCPOA).
The JCPOA, set between Tehran and western powers in 2015, had supplied aid from financial sanctions in alternate for limits on Iran’s nuclear actions.
Tehran has in current months engaged in diplomatic efforts with three European international locations — Britain, France and Germany — aimed toward resolving points surrounding its nuclear ambitions.
Nevertheless on Saturday, Khamenei additionally slammed the three European international locations for “declaring that Iran has not fulfilled its nuclear commitments beneath the JCPOA”.
“You say that Iran has not fulfilled its commitments beneath the JCPOA. Okay, have you ever fulfilled your commitments beneath the JCPOA?” he responded.
Peaceable nature
Khamenei mentioned Tehran had abided by its commitments for a 12 months however there was “no different approach” however to roll again from these beneath the deal following laws by the nation’s parliament.
US officers now estimate that Iran may produce a nuclear weapon inside weeks if it selected to take action.
Tehran has constantly denied pursuing nuclear weapons, emphasising the peaceable nature of its nuclear programme.
Officers have all the time cited a spiritual decree issued by Khamenei that prohibits the event of such weapons.
Final month, Khamenei reiterated his opposition to negotiations with the USA, calling this “unwise” simply days after Trump known as for a brand new nuclear deal.
Khamenei accused Washington of getting “ruined, violated, and tore up” the 2015 settlement.
In 2019, greater than a 12 months after Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA, Japan’s then premier Shinzo Abe visited Iran in an try to mediate between Tehran and Washington.
However Khamenei firmly rejected the potential of talks with the USA, saying he didn’t “take into account Trump as an individual worthy of exchanging messages with”.
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