Ali Khamenei rejects core tenets of US proposal for nuclear deal with Iran

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appeared to reject the framework of the United States’s proposal for a new deal relating to his nation’s nuclear enrichment programs.

In a Wednesday speech, the ayatollah dismissed the plan given to Iranian officials by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday as “nonsense.” The plan reportedly would slowly wind down the nation’s nuclear enrichment for a temporary period before eventually ceasing the process.

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