Iran's Supreme Leader rejects Trump's nuclear deal offer as 'not smart'

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that reopening talks with the U.S. would not beryllium 'smart' aft President Donald Trump threatened to 'obliterate' the nation, portion besides saying he'd 'love to marque a deal' with Iran. 

On Tuesday, Trump signed an enforcement bid outlining a 'maximum pressure' run against Iran. 

During the people of that signing, Trump warned that if Iran assassinated him - arsenic officials person threated to bash aft helium ordered the sidesplitting of Quds force person Qasem Soleimani - determination would beryllium retribution. 

'If they did that, they would beryllium obliterated,' Trump responded. 'I person near instructions. If they bash it, they get obliterated, determination won't beryllium thing left.' 

During the aforesaid back-and-forth with reporters, Trump said helium was 'torn' astir signing the bid due to the fact that he'd similar to marque a woody with Iran, to forestall the Middle Eastern federation from obtaining a atomic weapon. 

In his remarks Friday, Khamenei pointed to Trump arsenic the crushed a atomic woody with the U.S. nary longer existed.  

'The idiosyncratic successful complaint tore it up,' Khamenei said, according to Reuters. 

He told Iranians they shouldn't bash it again. 'Negotiating with America is neither smart, wise, oregon honorable,' helium said successful remarks marking the day of Iran's 1979 revolution. 'It volition not lick immoderate of our problems. The reason? Experience!' 

Khamenei besides laughed disconnected Trump's program for the U.S. to instrumentality power of war-torn Gaza, thing the president floated Tuesday during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sojourn to the White House. 

'On paper, Americans are changing the satellite map,' Khamenei said. 'Of people it's lone connected insubstantial due to the fact that it's devoid of reality.'

During Trump's archetypal term, the Republican president pulled retired of the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known colloquially arsenic the Iran atomic deal. 

Trump then levied sanctions connected Iran's economy, cratering it. 

In January 2020, helium gave the bid to assassinate Soleimani extracurricular of Baghdad's airport. 

Since then, Trump and different high-ranking U.S. authorities officials person been nether assassination menace by Iran. 

During his archetypal fewer weeks successful office, Trump has stripped information details distant from immoderate of these officials - astir notably erstwhile National Security Advisor John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. 

Bolton became a professional aft moving for Trump and wrote a tell-all publication that came retired successful the months preceding the 2020 election, which the president mislaid to President Joe Biden. 

Bolton remained nether Secret Service extortion owed to the Iranian threat. 

Pompeo chose not to tally against Trump successful the 2024 Republican superior - and adjacent supported him connected the run trail, but his actions weren't loyal capable for immoderate Trump allies, including Roger Stone. 

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton said that he'd seen the quality astir the menace from Iran and feared different Americans could beryllium injured if Iranians decided to onslaught the officials inolved successful the Soleimani strike. 

Last week, White House property caput Karoline Leavitt was asked during her archetypal property briefing if Trump mightiness reconsider his determination astir the erstwhile officials information detais. 

'The president was asked and answered this yesterday, and helium was steadfast successful his decision, contempt immoderate of the comments that you had referenced,' Leavitt said. 'And he’s made it precise wide that helium does not judge American taxpayers should money information details for individuals who person served successful the authorities for the remainder of their lives.' 

'And there’s thing stopping these individuals that you mentioned from obtaining backstage security,' she added.