Iran Supreme Leader Declined Negotiation With the US
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that negotiations with the United States would not serve Tehran's interests and would prove a "dead-end".
In a recorded message, Khamenei also said Iran would not "surrender to pressure" regarding uranium enrichment, and he reiterated Tehran's long-standing official position that it does not need nuclear weapons and has no intention of producing them.
"They came and bombed [Iranian enrichment] facilities in this and that place. But enrichment is a science, and science cannot be destroyed. Science cannot be eliminated by bombs, threats, and such things," Khamenei said in his statement.
Khamenei also explained that the US's negative stance on Iran having enrichment capabilities "is not acceptable." "What does this mean? It means they’re saying this great achievement for which our country has worked so hard should be destroyed! The Iranian nation will slap anyone who suggests such a thing and refuse to accept it," he demanded.
The foreign ministers of France, Britain, and Germany - the so-called E3 - along with the EU's foreign policy chief, held talks with their Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
"In light of the unjustified and illegal move to begin reinstating the UN Security Council’s sanctions, some ideas and proposals for continuing diplomacy were raised during the meeting, and it was agreed that consultations will continue," Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement.
A French diplomat told Reuters that in the absence of progress by end of September 27, UN sanctions will be reimposed on Iran.
Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Grossi said there were "intense" conversations between him, Iran, European powers, and the United States to find a solution.
"We have just a few hours, days, to see whether something can be achieved, and this is the effort in which we are all embarked on," he said.
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