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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he does not expect negotiations with the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program to “reach a conclusion” as Washington toughens its conditions for a deal.
“During (former President Ebrahim) Raisi’s time there were also indirect negotiations that didn’t result in anything, and now we also doubt we will reach a conclusion, and we don’t know what will happen,” he was cited as saying on his website.
Khamenei called the US demand that Iran not enrich uranium a “big mistake,” saying that Tehran won’t wait for American permission. Addressing American negotiators, he added: “Try not to talk…