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March 8, 2025 - 22:44
TEHRAN – When bullying governments insist on negotiations, it's a calculated move to impose their will, not a genuine attempt to solve problems, said Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, as U.S President Donald Trump continues to express willingness to engage in talks with Iran despite keeping sanctions in place.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with heads of the three branches of government and a number of Iranian officials in Tehran on Saturday. “The persistence of some bullying governments in wanting negotiations is not to solve issues but to impose their own expectations. The Islamic Republic of Iran will undoubtedly reject their demands,” the Leader stated.
Trump has been asking Iran to sit at the negotiating table on its nuclear program since 2018, the year he left the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and re-imposed heavy sanctions against Tehran. The 2015 deal, which was in the making for multiple years, limited Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. In addition to Iran and the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany were also signatories to the deal.
Most recently, Trump said he has written a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei, asking him to engage in talks with Washington. The Leader said back in February that negotiating with the U.S. would be “unwise, unintelligent, and dishonorable.” The same day Trump talked about the alleged letter, his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said the president’s new sanctions are going to “shut down Iran’s oil sector and drone manufacturing capabilities.”
Washington’s withdrawal from the JCPOA also spurred European states to begin shunning the deal despite remaining as official signatories. Iran began scaling back on some of its own commitments in 2020, after it became clear that Europe had also decided to scrap the nuclear pact.
“Now, those three European countries issue statements, claiming that Iran hasn't fulfilled its nuclear commitments under the JCPOA. Well, did you fulfill yours? You never did from the start. After the U.S. withdrew, you promised to compensate in some way, but you broke that promise too,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding, “There are limits to shamelessness!”
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Ayatollah Khamenei urged all Iranian officials to foster coherence to solve problems, saying the three branches of government and the Armed Forces should strengthen cooperation.