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“Iran has no trust in the US”: Iran’s Supreme leader told Japan PM

SHAFAQNA- Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a Thursday meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, stressed that Iran will not negotiate with the United States of America and said I don’t consider Trump worth sending a message to.

According to Shafaqna, Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, met with Ayatollah Khamenei– the Leader of the Iran Islamic Revolution– this   morning June 13, 2019. Abe is the first Japanese premier to have met with the Iranian supreme leader.

In this meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who told the Leader he was carrying a message from the US president.

“We have no doubts about your (Japan’s) goodwill and seriousness, but regarding what you quoted from the US president, I personally do not consider Trump worthy of exchanging any messages with, and do not have and will not have any response for him,” the Leader told Abe.

The Leader said Iran has “no trust” in the United States and will not “repeat the bitter experience” it gained from the negotiations that led to the conclusion of a 2015 nuclear deal, which Washington later ditched, press tv reported.

Ayatollah Khamenei further rejected as “a lie” Trump’s claim that he was not after regime change in Iran, saying if the US president were able to bring about such a change, he would definitely go for it.

The Leader reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s firm opposition to the development and use of nuclear weapons.

“I have issued a fatwa (religious decree) prohibiting the production of nuclear weapons, but you need to know that if we were after building nuclear arms, the United States could not do anything about it,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

The Leader emphasized that Washington is in no position to decide which country can be in possession of nuclear arms while it is, itself, stockpiling thousands of nuclear warheads.

Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to Trump’s talks with Abe on Iran just ahead of the Japanese premier’s trip to Tehran, saying “Right after returning home, he announced sanctions on Iran’s petrochemical industry.”

“Is that a message of honesty? Does that show that he (Trump) seeks honest talks?” the Leader asked.

“With the blessing of God, Iran will achieve progress without negotiations with the US and under all the sanctions,” Ayatollah Khamenei said. “Problems will not be solved through negotiations with the United States.”

Ayatollah Khamenei welcomed Abe’s proposal for enhancing Tehran-Tokyo relations and said, “Japan is an important country in Asia and it should display a firm resolve for enhanced ties with Iran.”

Following the meeting, Abe told reporters in Tehran that Ayatollah Khamenei had “made a comment that the country will not and should not make, hold or use nuclear weapons, and that it has no such intentions.”

The Japanese prime minister also said that he regarded the Leader’s belief in peace “as a major progress toward this region’s peace and stability.”

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