Iran's Supreme Leader Rejects US Nuclear Claims and Peace Talks Offer: "Keep Dreaming," Says Khamenei to Trump

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has firmly rejected the United States' proposal for renewed diplomatic talks and dismissed President Donald Trump's claims that Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed in a June airstrike. In a pointed statement, Khamenei criticized Washington's approach as "imposition and bullying" rather than genuine negotiation.

The relationship between Tehran and Washington has remained tense following five rounds of indirect nuclear negotiations that concluded with a 12-day air campaign in June, during which Israel and the US reportedly targeted Iranian nuclear installations.

"Trump says he is a dealmaker, but if a deal is accompanied by coercion and its outcome is predetermined, it is not a deal but rather an imposition and bullying," Khamenei declared in a post on social platform X.

Responding to Trump's recent address to the Israeli parliament, where the US President expressed interest in a "peace deal" with Iran following the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Khamenei was dismissive: "The US president proudly says they bombed and destroyed Iran's nuclear industry. Very well, keep dreaming!"

The Supreme Leader questioned American authority over Iran's nuclear program: "What does it have to do with America whether Iran has nuclear facilities or not? These interventions are inappropriate, wrong and coercive."

While Western nations accuse Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons through uranium enrichment and demand cessation of such activities, Tehran maintains its nuclear program serves purely civilian energy purposes with no military applications.

Khamenei suggested Iran is engaged in a "soft war" where "the enemy tries to make the people depressed and to lose all hope of their own abilities." He characterized Trump's visit to Israel as an attempt "to give hope and boost the morale of the disappointed Zionists in Occupied Palestine with a handful of empty words and his buffoonery."

Regarding the recent military exchanges, Khamenei claimed Israeli forces "were struck such a hard blow that they couldn't believe it" and that Iranian missiles successfully "penetrate the depths of several of the Zionist regime's important centers to destroy them."

The Iranian leader labeled the United States a "terror state" and "the main accomplice" in Gaza war crimes: "US resources and weaponry have been made abundantly available to the Zionist regime so they could be dropped on the defenseless people of Gaza."

Khamenei challenged Trump's anti-terrorism rhetoric: "The US President says they're fighting terrorism. Children as young as four years old, five years old, and newborns - you've killed [over] 20,000 of them! Were these children terrorists? You're the terrorists!"

He further accused the US of creating and controlling Daesh (ISIS): "You, the US, are the terrorists who've created Daesh and unleashed them on West Asia. You keep them in reserve to use them one day. A number of the Daesh elements are currently under the control of the US."

Concluding his remarks, Khamenei questioned American authority in global affairs: "What position do you hold in the world? How is it any of America's business whether Iran has nuclear capabilities and a nuclear industry or not?"