"They say let us negotiate over your nuclear energy, and the result of the negotiation should be that you must not have this energy, Khamenei said before adding that if any real negotiations were to take place, they cannot be predicated on any foolish demand that Iran move to zero enrichment of uranium. He said the Iranian nation will not pledge allegiance to corrupt leaders like those who are in power in America today based on religious beliefs."
"This is a good confession. You will not be able to do this either, Khamenei said in an apparent reference to the US president telling reporters this week that a change in government would be the best thing that could happen in Iran. Khamenei also used religious symbolism to draw parallels with figures who fought against Shia Muslim imams more than 1,350 years ago to cast doubt on any meaningful rapprochement with the US today."
"I can say, compared to the last round, we've had very serious discussions, and there was a constructive atmosphere where we exchanged our point of view, Araghchi told reporters after the talks. Those ideas were discussed, and we came to some agreements and some guiding principles. We will eventually draft a document. We are hopeful we"
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected prospects of meaningful rapprochement with the United States and said the US has tried and failed to bring down Iran's theocratic establishment since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Khamenei called US admissions a confession and warned that the US will not succeed in changing Iran's government. He rejected demands that Iran abandon nuclear energy or move to zero uranium enrichment and used religious symbolism to contrast Iranian loyalty with perceived corrupt US leaders. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said indirect Geneva talks were serious and constructive, producing some agreed guiding principles and plans to draft a document.
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