Iran will not be ‘obedient’ to US demands, says Khamenei

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the current situation with the United States was “unsolvable”, and that Tehran would never bow to pressure to obey Washington amid a standoff with Western powers over its nuclear programme, state media reported on Sunday.

The Islamic Republic suspended nuclear negotiations with the US after the US and Israel bombed its nuclear sites .

Khamenei’s comments come after Iran and European powers agreed on Friday to resume talks to try to restart full negotiations on curbing Tehran’s nuclear enrichment work. “They want Iran to be obedient to America. The Iranian nation will stand with all of its power against those who have such erroneous expectations,” Khamenei said. “People who ask us not to issue slogans against the US... to have direct deals with the US only see appearances... This issue is unsolvable,” he said.