‘Iran Will Not Negotiate With US’ Says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled out the possibility of negotiations with the US over the existing mutual thorny issues. “We will not negotiate with the US as it will be fruitless and a loss,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency on Wednesday. The Iranian leader said that negotiations are the “US tactics to complement its pressures policy on Iran”, Xinhua reported. Iran possesses the “necessary tools” to confront US pressures, he added. Trump’s administration has called for the renegotiation of the Iranian 2015 nuclear deal as well as Tehran’s developing missile program and its regional role. (IANS)

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