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Iranian Leader Rejects Nuclear Talks as Deadline for Fresh UN Sanctions Looms

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei said, ‘We do not have a nuclear bomb and we will not have one, and we do not plan to use nuclear weapons.’
Iranian Leader Rejects Nuclear Talks as Deadline for Fresh UN Sanctions Looms
Iranian leader Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Vahid Salemi/AP Photo
Chris Summers
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Iranian leader Ali Khamenei on Sept. 23 again rejected direct negotiations with the United States over his country’s nuclear program, in a speech that coincided with U.S. President Donald Trump’s address of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

Khamenei said talks with the United States represent “a sheer dead end.”

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