Iran's supreme leader on nuke plans: America can't stop us
Making the comment on Thursday during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneni said, "Although Tehran doesn't want an atomic bomb, America could not do anything" to stop Iran if it did."
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- Published Date: 01:39 | 13 June 2019
- Modified Date: 01:40 | 13 June 2019
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that while Tehran doesn't want an atomic bomb, "America could not do anything" to stop Iran if it did.
Khamenei made the comment on Thursday during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who came to Tehran as an interlocutor for President Donald Trump to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran.
His visit may not have succeeded, however. Khamenei earlier was quoted as saying Iran "will in no way repeat" negotiations with the U.S. amid tension over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.
Khamenei's official website quoted him as telling Abe: "I don't regard Trump as deserving any exchange of messages and have no response for him and will give no response."
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