Iran’s Khamenei rejects talks with United States
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran will never hold talks with the United States.
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DUBAI (REUTERS) - Iran will never hold talks with the United States and Washington's policy of maximum pressure on Teheran will fail, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday (Sept 17), according to state TV.
US President Donald Trump had said on Monday he could meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and that he had no problem with such an encounter.
State TV quoted Khamenei as saying: "Iranian officials will never talk to America... this is part of their (US) policy to put pressure on Iran... their policy of maximum pressure will fail."
