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IRAN’S LEADER: NO WAR OR FRESH TALKS WITH US

- IRAN, (RT.COM) 14 MAY, 2019

Despite a spike in tensions between Iran and the US, the two nations won’t engage in a military conflict – but there will also be no new nuclear deal, Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said.

“There won’t be any war. The Iranian nation has chosen the path of resistance,” Khamenei said as cited by Iran’s state TV.

“We don’t seek a war, and they don’t either,” he added, insisting that the Americans are well aware that a military confrontat­ion with Iran is “not in their interests.” despite a spike in tensions between Iran and the US, the two nations won’t engage in a military conflict – but there will also be no new nuclear deal, Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said.

“There won’t be any war. The Iranian nation has chosen the path of resistance,” Khamenei said as cited by Iran’s state TV.

“We don’t seek a war, and they don’t either,” he added, insisting that the Americans are well aware that a military confrontat­ion with Iran is “not in their interests.”

A year ago, US President Donald Trump unilateral­ly withdrew the US from the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.

But US president Trump insist a new accord, which would also include Tehran’s ballistic missile programme, must be signed.

We don’t seek a war, and they don’t either,” he added, insisting that the Americans are well aware that a military confrontat­ion with Iran is “not in their interests

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Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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