Iranian supreme leader stands defiant on uranium enrichment

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he doesn’t think negotiations with the US over his country’s nuclear programme will succeed and urged the Trump administration to stop “talking nonsense.”

Referring to the fact that talks with the US hadn’t succeeded under former President Ebrahim Raisi, Khamenei said “there were indirect negotiations during his time as well, just like now, but they were without result. We also don’t think they’ll lead to a result now. We don’t know what will happen,” Caliber.Az reports via foreign media.

Khamenei said that he wanted to issue a warning to the other side. US representatives, who were participating in the negotiations through intermediaries, should avoid making foolish statements. Claiming they would not allow Iran to engage in enrichment was a big mistake, Iran did not need anyone's permission. 

Next time, Khamenei would explain to the Iranian people why they emphasised uranium enrichment so much and why the West, the US, and others insisted on halting the enrichment process in Iran.

By Naila Huseynova