US EditionIran's Khamenei rejects Trump offer of talks, denies US destroyed Iranian nuclear capabilities
- On Oct 20, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected renewed talks from U.S. President Donald Trump and denied his claim, telling Trump to `keep dreaming` at a Monday meeting with athletes.
- Last week at the Israeli Knesset, U.S. President Donald Trump said the US had `obliterated` Iranian nuclear sites and dropped 14 bombs on key facilities.
- In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign during a 12-day air war following five rounds of indirect negotiations, with the Pentagon saying the strikes delayed Iran's nuclear programme by one to two years.
- Khamenei condemned Donald Trump’s rhetoric as bullying aimed to `raise the spirit of the Zionists` and challenged US authority, asking `Who are you to say what a country should or should not have` while Tehran maintains its civilian nuclear programme.
- Last week Donald Trump, U.S. President, said he would welcome a `peace deal` with Tehran after a ceasefire in Gaza, though the true impact of US strikes remains unknown.
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'Keep dreaming': Khamenei denies US destroyed Iran's nuclear facilities, rejects offer of talks
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rejected Donald Trump's claim that the United States had destroyed the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities in an airstrike in June this year, asking the US President to "keep dreaming". In a statement on his official website, he also rejected Trump's offer of talks, saying American intervention is "inappropriate, wrong and coercive". "The US president proudly says they bombed and destroyed…
Trump's report that the U.S. has destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities is mockingly rejected by the Supreme Leader.
“But who do you think you can dictate whether or not a country can have a nuclear industry?” the leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution replied to Trump.
Khamenei Rejects Both Trump's Diplomacy and His Military Boast
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected U. S. President Donald Trump’s offer for renewed talks and denied Trump’s claim that the U. S. has destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Khamenei criticized Trump’s approach, saying it is not a real deal if it involves coercion. The U. S. and Iran previously had five rounds of indirect […] The post Khamenei Rejects Both Trump’s Diplomacy and His Military Boast appeared first on Modern Diplo…
Iran supreme leader on Trump nuclear destruction claim: ‘Keep dreaming’
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday countered President Trump’s claims that a U.S. strike in June destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities. “The US President boasts that they’ve bombed and destroyed Iran’s nuclear industry. Very well, in your dreams!” Khamenei said in a post on social platform X. Posts on Khamenei’s account also criticized Trump’s…
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