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If they threaten us, we will threaten them in return. If they act on their threats, we will act on ours. If they violate the security of our nation, we will, without a doubt, respond in kind."
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal... I would prefer to make a deal, because I'm not looking to hurt Iran. They're great people."
U.S. President Donald Trump We have a situation with Iran that something's going to happen very soon ... Hopefully we can have a peace deal,
President Trump made it clear to Ayatollah Khamenei that he wanted to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program diplomatically – and very soon – and if this was not possible, there would be other ways to resolve the dispute,
a spokesman for the National Security Council Brian Hughes said in a statement to CNN The two leaders shared the view that Iran should never be in a position to destroy Israel,
The insistence on the part of some bully states on negotiations is not to resolve issues, but to dominate and impose their own expectations,
Khamenei said this month, as cited by Iranian state media outlets 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,
We can't let them have a nuclear weapon. Something is going to happen very soon. I would rather have a peace deal than the other option but the other option will solve the problem,
So far, we have no reason to publicize [Trump's] letter … Our response to this letter will be done through appropriate channels after full scrutiny,
foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said
