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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, excluded negotiations with the administration of US President Donald Trump, citing past experiences and promising to respond with force to all threats.
“With such government, there should not be any negotiations because it is neither wise, prudent, nor worthy,” Khamenei told Iranian military forces on Friday.
He referred to the 2015 nuclear agreement, from which Trump retired in 2018 before imposing difficult sanctions on Iran.
“If they threaten us, we will threaten them. If they act on their threats, we will act on ours, “warned Khamenei. “If they violate the security of our nation, we will rape theirs. . . It is our duty, as required by Islam. »»
The declaration comes in the week that Trump signed an executive decree to return to the “maximum pressure” sanctions policy of his first mandate on Iran, but also called Tehran and Washington to achieve a “nuclear agreement verified ».
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