On March 8, 2025, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fired back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for nuclear talks, branding it a “bullying” move to “impose expectations.”
Trump, in a Fox Business interview Friday, pitched a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions—hours before reinstating his “maximum pressure” sanctions playbook. The Iran Nuclear Talks standoff escalates as Tehran doubles down, with regional stakes soaring.
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Iran's Supreme Leader responds to Trump's threats
Ayatollah Khamenei declared that Iran will not discuss the nuclear deal under pressure from 'bullying countries' and excessive demands such as limiting defence capabilities, international relations and the missile… pic.twitter.com/cBRNfsdc2q
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) March 8, 2025Khamenei’s Defiance
Meeting senior officials, Khamenei blasted Washington’s motives, per state media: “Negotiations aren’t to solve problems they’re a path to domination.” He vowed Iran won’t bend, saying, “It’s not just about nukes they want more, and we won’t give it.” Trump’s dual-track talk deal or military action revives his 2018 exit from the Iran nuclear pact, which unleashed sanctions and spurred Tehran to ramp up uranium enrichment past agreed limits, alarming the UN’s Rafael Grossi. Iran insists it’s all peaceful.
#BREAKING Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in an apparent response to Trump's call for negotiation, said, "The insistence of some bullying governments on negotiations is not aimed at resolving issues but rather at asserting dominance and imposing their demands. The Islamic… pic.twitter.com/SAmViMaOUA
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) March 8, 2025Qatar’s Dire Warning
Qatar’s PM, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, upped the ante in a Tucker Carlson interview Friday, warning an attack on Iran’s Gulf nuclear sites—like Bushehr—could poison the sea, slashing water for Gulf states. “We’d be dry in three days,” he said, citing desalination woes. Though Iran’s enrichment hubs lie inland, he stressed regional “safety concerns,” pushing diplomacy over bombs. “Tehran’s ready to talk,” he added, eyeing a tense Iran Nuclear Talks lifeline.
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The Iran Nuclear Talks clash Khamenei’s rebuff, Trump’s pressure, and Qatar’s water scare is lighting up global nerves.
