DUBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – IranIran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rejected an offer to resume talks from US President Donald Trump, denying his claim that the United States has destroyed Irannuclear capabilities.

Tehran and Washington engaged in five rounds of indirect nuclear negotiations that ended in June with a 12-day air war in which Israel and the United States bombed IranIndian nuclear sites.

“Trump says he is a negotiator, but if an agreement is accompanied by coercion and its outcome is predetermined, it is not an agreement but rather an imposition and intimidation,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by state media.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and US President Donald Trump, right.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and US President Donald Trump, right.

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Last week, Trump told the Israeli parliament that it would be great if Washington could negotiate a “peace deal” with Tehran, following the start of a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

“The president of the United States says with pride that they bombed and destroyed IranThe nuclear industry. “Alright, keep dreaming!” Khamenei added.

“What does it have to do with the United States if Iran Does it have nuclear facilities or not? These interventions are inappropriate, incorrect and coercive.”

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Western powers accuse Iran of covertly trying to develop a nuclear bomb by enriching uranium, and they want that activity to stop. Tehran denies trying to weaponize enrichment and says the program is for civilian energy purposes only.