US EditionIran's supreme leader rejects negotiations with Trump as 'not rational, intelligent or honorable'
- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected negotiations with the United States, stating they are neither 'smart, wise, nor honorable.'
- Khamenei criticized Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal, claiming Iran made compromises without achieving desired results.
- He indicated that 'there should be no negotiations with such a government,' though he did not issue a direct order against talks.
- Khamenei's comments contradict previous signals from Tehran indicating a willingness to negotiate over its nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions.
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Iran supreme leader says U.S. talks 'not intelligent, wise or honorable' but doesn't rule them out
Iran's supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also suggested that “there should be no negotiations with such a government,” but stopped short of issuing a direct order not to engage…
Khamenei warns against negotiating with US
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei said on Friday that there should not be negotiations with the US, days after US President Donald Trump called for a new nuclear deal. “You should not negotiate with such a government. It is unwise, it is not intelligent, it is not honorable to negotiate,” Khamenei said during a meeting with army commanders.
Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Rejects Talks With US as ‘Unwise,’ ‘Dishonorable’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to the national anthem as Air Force officers salute during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 7, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS Iran’s so-called “supreme leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday rejected the idea of negotiating with the United States, calling the idea “unwise” and “dishonorable” while rebuffing US President…
Iranian Supreme Leader suggests not to negotiate with the US
Irna news agency reported that Khamenei made these statements in a meeting held on Friday with a group of commanders of the Air Force and the Air Defense of the Army of the Islamic Republic here in the capital. The Iranian religious leader pointed out that experience shows that negotiations with the United States do not solve the country’s problems, stressed Irna. Khamenei recalled -Irna continues- that in 2010 the country sat down to negotiate …
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