Iran's Supreme Leader rejects ‘arrogant' US nuclear deal proposal
Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday blasted the US as 'arrogant' as he effectively rejected a revised nuclear deal that would allow Tehran to continue low-level uranium enrichment after it is signed.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei argued that abandoning uranium enrichment was '100%' against the country's interests and 'can do spirit' — as he ripped a central US demand amid talks to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
'The proposal that the Americans have presented is 100% against our interests… The rude and arrogant leaders of America repeatedly demand that we should not have a nuclear program. Who are you to decide whether Iran should have enrichment?' he said in a televised speech.
'The proposal that the Americans have presented is 100% against our interests,' Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.
KHAMENEI.IR/AFP via Getty Images
Khamenei's remarks come just days after the US presented Iran with the proposal for a new nuclear deal.
The proposal outline, first reported Monday by Axios, was submitted Saturday by White House special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.
If agreed, it would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium domestically, but only for civilian use.
Tehran will also have to temporarily reduce its enrichment concentration to 3% — well below weapons-grade levels of 90%.
After five rounds of talks, several hard-to-bridge issues still remain — including Iran's insistence on maintaining uranium enrichment on its soil.
Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state, stopped short of saying the talks should be halted.
He did, however, say that the latest proposal 'contradicts our nation's belief in self-reliance and the principle of 'We Can'.'
The proposal outline was submitted Saturday by White House special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff (left).
AP
'Uranium enrichment is the key to our nuclear program and the enemies have focused on the enrichment,' Khamenei said.
With Post wires
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