{"id":157261,"date":"2025-03-31T09:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/iran-rebuffs-trump-threat-over-nuclear-deal"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:05:58","slug":"iran-rebuffs-trump-threat-over-nuclear-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/iran-rebuffs-trump-threat-over-nuclear-deal","title":{"rendered":"Iran rebuffs Trump threat over nuclear deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday said the US would receive a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump\u2019s threat if Tehran does not reach a new nuclear deal with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that Trump reiterated his threat on Sunday that Iran would be bombed if it does not accept his offer for talks outlined in a letter sent to Iran\u2019s leadership in early March, giving Tehran a two-month window to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>He threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing, and also with what he called secondary tariffs, if Tehran did not come to a new agreement with Washington over its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enmity from the U.S. and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don\u2019t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them,\u201d Khamenei said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iranian authorities blame the West for recent unrest including 2022-2023 protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained for allegedly flouting hijab rules, and nationwide protests in 2019 over fuel price rises.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Iran responded to the US letter, with President Masoud Pezeshkian explaining on Sunday that Tehran would not enter direct negotiations with Washington but was willing to continue talks indirectly as per an injunction from Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in his first 2017-21 term, withdrew the US from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed strict limits on Tehran\u2019s disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also reimposed sweeping US sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Iran has far surpassed that deal\u2019s limits on uranium enrichment.<\/p>\n<p>Western powers accuse Iran of having a clandestine agenda to develop nuclear weapons capability by enriching uranium to a high level of fissile purity, above what they say is justifiable for a civilian atomic energy program.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran said its nuclear programme is wholly for civilian energy purposes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday said the US would receive a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump\u2019s threat if Tehran does not reach a new nuclear deal with Washington. 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