Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, declared on Tuesday that talks with the US would be a “dead-end” and not beneficial to Tehran.
Khamenei also reaffirmed Tehran’s long-standing official stance that it does not require nuclear weapons and has no plans to produce them in a recorded statement, adding that Iran would not “surrender to pressure” over uranium enrichment.
The likelihood of Iran and E3 holding crucial discussions to avoid sanctions is still low.
Two senior Iranian officials and two Western diplomats told Reuters on Monday that Iran and European powers are in final negotiations to stop the reintroduction of U.N. sanctions on Tehran, but they all cautioned that the odds of success are still low.
