Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday experience had proven that talks with the United States are "not smart, wise or honorable", the official IRNA news agency reported. This week U.

Negotiations with the US are neither wise nor rational and will do nothing to solve Iran’s problems, the country's supreme leader said on Friday, dismissing growing speculation that Tehran and Washington might be moving toward resuming their long-stalled talks.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said talks with the US would be “unwise and dishonorable” after President Donald Trump said he wanted a new nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that there should not be negotiations with the United States, days after US president Donald Trump called for a new nuclear deal.

Khamenei went on to warn that Iran would take reciprocal measures if the US threatened or acted against Iran. “If they threaten us, we will threaten them. If they carry out this threat, we will carry out our threat. If they attack the security of our nation, we will attack their security without hesitation,” Khamenei said.