Both President Trump and Iranian officials have shown interest in negotiations. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the idea unwise, but stopped short of ordering his government not to engage.

Iran’s supreme leader says that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran.

It's not clear what sparked the supreme leader's remarks. However, they follow President Trump's suggestion that he wanted to deal with Tehran.

Iran’s supreme leader says negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable,” after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he wants nuclear talks with Tehran despite reimposing his “ maximum pressure ” approach to Iran.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told air force officers in Teheran on Friday that nuclear talks with the U.S. “are not intelligent, wise or honorable."

That includes balancing the demands of reformists within the country who want the talks against hard-line elements within Iran’s theocracy, including the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Khamenei noted that Trump unilaterally withdrew from the earlier nuclear deal under which Iran drastically limited its enrichment of uranium and overall stockpile of the material,

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled out negotiations with US President Donald Trump’s administration, citing past experiences and vowing to respond forcefully to any threats. “With such a government there should not be any negotiations as it is neither wise,