Ayatollah Khamenei: ‘Iran’s Nukes Are Not US Business’

Iran has firmly rejected an offer of renewed talks from the United States, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissing US President Donald Trump's claims that the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities were destroyed in a June airstrike. In a statement, Khamenei accused Washington of “imposition and bullying”, calling the outcome of any deal offered by Trump “predetermined”.

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Tehran and Washington had engaged in five rounds of indirect nuclear negotiations, which collapsed amid a 12-day air war in June, during which Israel and the US targeted Iranian nuclear sites.

“Trump says he is a dealmak-er, but if a deal is accompanied by coercion and its outcome is predetermined, it is not a deal but an imposition and bullying,” Iran leader wrote on X.

Trump had recently suggested to the Israeli parliament that Washington could negotiate a “peace deal” with Tehran following the Gaza ceasefire. In response, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “The US president proudly says they bombed and destroyed Iran's nuclear industry. Very well, keep dreaming! What does it have to do with America whether Iran has nuclear facilities or not? These interventions are inappropriate, wrong, and coercive.”