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The insistence of some bullying governments on negotiations is not to resolve issues ... Talks for them is a pathway to have new demands, it is not only about Iran's nuclear issue ... Iran will definitely not accept their expectations,
Khamenei was quoted as saying, without directly mentioning Trump They are bringing up new demands that certainly will not be accepted by Iran, like our defence capabilities, missile range and international influence,
We have a situation with Iran that, something's going to happen very soon. Very, very soon."
But he made a veiled reference to possible military action, saying We have heard of it (the letter) but we haven't received anything,
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on state television Their talks are not aimed at solving problems, it is for ... let's talk to impose what we want on the other party that is sitting on the opposite side of the table,
They will be about defense capabilities, about international capabilities of the country,
You say that Iran has not fulfilled its commitments under the JCPOA. OK, have you fulfilled your commitments under the JCPOA?”
But their negotiations are not aimed at solving issues, but to dominate and impose their own expectations,
he said, ... according to state media They demand restrictions on the country’s defensive capabilities and international influence, saying: ‘don’t do this, don’t meet that person, don’t produce that item’ or ‘your missile range should not exceed a certain limit,'
Some bully governments insist on negotiations,
I hope you're going to negotiate because if we have to go in militarily it's going to be a terrible thing for them."
Trump earlier revealed the letter in an interview on Fox Business in which he said he told Khamenei Hopefully we can have a peace deal,
Trump told reporters at the White House, If Iran's leadership insists on waiting for the stars to align perfectly for negotiations, the window for negotiations is very likely to close and the risks of war will greatly increase to the detriment of all,
said the group's president, Jamal Abdi We will not enter any direct negotiations with the US so long as they continue their maximum pressure policy and their threats,
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told AFP on Friday I'd rather see a peace deal than the other,
he said of military action Tehran has set a trap for him, hoping to lure him into endless diplomacy that is used to blunt maximum pressure and dampen the credibility of an American or Israeli military option,
This is a technology that we have achieved, and the technology is in the brains and cannot be bombed,
The Islamic Republic of Iran will definitely not accept their demands,
Khamenei added during a meeting with heads of the three branches of government in Tehran I said, ‘I hope you’re going to negotiate, because it’s going to be a lot better for Iran,’ and I think they want to get that letter – the alternative is we have to do something, because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon,
Some bully governments -- I really don't know of any more appropriate term for some foreign figures and leaders than the word bullying -- insist on negotiations. Their negotiations are not aimed at solving problems, they aim at domination,
AFP quoted Khamenei as saying during a meeting with country's officials
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