Iran responds to Donald Trump’s missive. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian supreme guide, spoke this Wednesday, March 12 on the United States president to organize new nuclear talks in the country. The Republican had thus expressed this request in a letter transmitted to the Iranian power, while threatening Tehran with possible military actions in the event of refusal of these negotiations.
An approach deemed “reckless” by the Iranian leader, questioned on the subject during a meeting with students. “The United States brandishes the military threat. […] Iran is able to retaliate and undoubtedly inflict a blow in return, “he said. According to him, the American invitation to talks through this letter was aimed at” deceiving global public opinion “by claiming to show that the United States” want to negotiate […] But that Iran is not willing to do so. “
Back of a “maximum pressure” strategy on Iran
The Iranian supreme guide mentioned that a previous Iranian nuclear agreement, the JCPOA, had been found between Iran and the international community in 2015, before it was called into question by Donald Trump himself during his first mandate in the White House. The billionaire then made the United States left the United States, then restored economic sanctions against the country. “We negotiated for several years, and this same person threw the finalized, completed and signed agreement, and tore it,” lambasted Ayatollah Khamenei.
Since his return to the White House last January, Donald Trump has called for a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. At the same time, he also restored his policy of “maximum pressure” on Tehran, faced with the fears that Iran seeks to develop nuclear weapons. An assertion that the Islamic Republic continues to deny. Iranian power has officially excluded any direct discussion with the United States as long as international sanctions are maintained against it. New discussions with the Trump administration “will be listed [aient] Not “these measures, assured Ayatollah Khamenei.
“If we wanted to make nuclear weapons, America could not prevent us. The fact that we have no nuclear weapons and that we were not trying to get it is due to the fact that we do not want it,” added the leader. “Iran is not looking for war, but if someone takes action, our response will be decisive and certain.” To justify its nuclear program, Country defends a right to atomic energy for civil purposes, in particular in terms of energy.
If Iran refuses any discussion with the United States, it will however participate in a meeting on the question of nuclear in Beijing, Friday, March 14. Tehran will dispatch his deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, just like Russia, also invited to this meeting organized by China.