Iran supreme leader says US talks ‘not intelligent, wise or honourable’ but doesn’t rule them out

Khamenei’s remarks to aerial unit officers successful Tehran appeared to contradict his ain earlier remarks that opened the doorway to talks.

The 85-year-old Khamenei ever has cautiously threaded his remarks astir negotiating with the West.

For months earlier and aft the US predetermination that saw Trump reclaim the White House, Iranian officials appeared to beryllium signalling that they are waiting for a connection from Trump connected whether helium wants to negociate implicit Tehran’s rapidly advancing atomic programme. At involvement are perchance billions of dollars withheld from Iran done crushing sanctions and the aboriginal of a programme connected the precipice of enriching weapons-grade uranium.

For his part, adjacent erstwhile signing an enforcement bid to reimpose his “maximum unit connected Iran” connected Tuesday, Trump suggested helium wanted to woody with Tehran.

“I’m going to motion it, but hopefully we’re not going to person to usage it precise much,” helium said from the Oval Office. “We volition spot whether oregon not we tin put oregon enactment retired a woody with Iran.” “We don’t privation to beryllium pugnacious connected Iran. We don’t privation to beryllium pugnacious connected anybody,” Trump added. “But they conscionable can’t person a atomic bomb.” Trump followed with different online connection connected Wednesday, saying: “Reports that the United States, moving successful conjunction with Israel, is going to stroke Iran into smithereens, ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED.”

“I would overmuch similar a Verified Nuclear Peace Agreement, which volition fto Iran peacefully turn and prosper,” helium wrote connected Truth Social. “We should commencement moving connected it immediately, and person a large Middle East Celebration erstwhile it is signed and completed.” Trump did not elaborate.

Earlier successful the week, Trump besides said that displaced Palestinians successful Gaza could beryllium permanently resettled extracurricular the war-torn territory and projected the US instrumentality “ownership” successful redeveloping the country into “the Riviera of the Middle East”.

While not straight linking Trump’s comments connected Gaza, Khamenei appeared to beryllium referencing them successful his remarks arsenic well.

“The Americans sit, redrawing the representation of the satellite — but lone connected paper, arsenic it has nary ground successful reality,” Khamenei said. “They marque statements astir us, explicit opinions and contented threats. If they endanger us, we volition endanger them successful return. If they enactment connected their threats, we volition enactment connected ours. If they interruption the information of our nation, we will, without a doubt, respond successful kind.”