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Iran won’t negotiate with delusional Trump: Supreme Security Council 

“We will not negotiate with the United States,” Mr Larijani stated in a post on X on Monday.

• March 2, 2026
Ali Larijani
Ali Larijani

Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has refuted claims that Tehran is reaching out to the U.S. for negotiations.

“We will not negotiate with the United States,” Mr Larijani stated in a post on X on Monday. 

Mr Larijani added, “Trump plunged the region into chaos with his ‘delusional fantasies’ and now fears more American troop casualties.

“With his delusional actions, he turned his self-made ‘America First’ slogan into ‘Israel First’ and sacrificed American soldiers for Israel’s power-hungry ambitions.”

A joint strike carried out by U.S. and Israeli forces killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other officials of his regime. 

Mr Trump attributed Saturday’s attack to Iran’s nuclear weapons, saying America will never allow Iran own nuclear weapons.

On Sunday, Mr Trump had told The Atlantic that remnants of Mr Khamenei’s regime had reached out to him for negotiations.

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