Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated that he is not “overly optimistic or pessimistic” about nuclear negotiations with the United States, in his first comment after the start of conversations between the US and Iran, which began on April 12 in Oman.
Both delegations described the negotiations as positive and agreed to meet once again on April 19, with Tehran claiming that the meeting will be held again in Mascate, the country’s capital.
“The conversations are one of the twelve dossiers accompanied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We are neither overly optimistic nor pessimistic about them. After all, it is a process that was decided and their first steps were well implemented,” Khamenei said at a meeting with members of Parliament.
doubting the likelihood of an agreement and distrusting the US President Donald Trump, who abandoned an earlier agreement between Iran and the world powers during his first term in 2018.
Trump if there is no agreement.
Khamenei reported that Tehran maintains an “very pessimistic” general view of the US and should not link national issues to nuclear negotiations.
“From now on, [as conversas] They should be made with focus, the red lines are clear to us and the opposite part… negotiations may or may not reach a result, ”added Khamenei.
