Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses US offer of one-to-one talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme

’s supreme leader has dismissed a US offer of one-to-one talks on Tehran’s .

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech posted online that the US was proposing talks while “pointing a gun at Iran”.

On Saturday, US Vice-President suggested direct talks, separate to the wider international discussions due to take place later this month.

But the US widened sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, aiming to tighten a squeeze on Tehran’s ability to spend oil cash.

Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has dismissed a US offer of one to one talks on Tehrans nuclear programme photo

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has dismissed a US offer of one-to-one talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme

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