Iran’s Supreme Leader Rules Out U.S. Talks in Trump-esque Style “THERE WILL BE NO WAR, NOR WILL WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE U.S.,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweets By Asa Fitch in Dubai
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-supreme-leader-rules-out-u-s-talks-in-trump-esque-style-1534172157
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out direct talks with the U.S. on Monday, rejecting an offer from Donald Trump in the president’s own style—a strongly worded, all-caps tweet.
“THERE WILL BE NO WAR, NOR WILL WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE U.S.,” Mr. Khamenei, who has final say in state matters and must approve any political talks, said on his official Twitter account.
“Even if we ever—impossible as it is—negotiated with the U.S., it would never ever be with the current U.S. administration,” he added in a separate tweet.
The pronouncement, which repeated comments from a speech Mr. Khamenei delivered earlier Monday, appeared to erase any uncertainty over Iran’s response to Mr. Trump’s offer late in July for unconditional talks.
That offer, made at a White House news conference, evoked a vacillation between threats and diplomacy that characterized the U.S. administration’s recent engagement with North Korea.
It followed Mr. Trump’s withdrawal in May from the Iran nuclear deal, an Obama-era pact that gave Iran relief from international sanctions in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.
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