Iran Rebuffs US Threats While Preparing Reply to Trump’s Letter
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has emphasized that Iran will not engage in direct talks with the US as long as it maintains its “maximum pressure” strategy.
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Iran’s supreme leader reiterated a warning to the US and its allies that they won’t be able to force his country into negotiations through threats and vowed “harsh blows” against any American aggression.
“We are never the ones to initiate a conflict,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech on Friday. “But the US, and others, would face harsh blows if they commit any act of malice against the Iranian nation.”