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Talks ‘got us nowhere’: Iran’s supreme leader casts doubt on future negotiations

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments come as the Trump administration ramps up its maximum pressure campaign on Iran.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei played down the idea of returning to negotiations with the West, despite a pledge from President-elect Joe Biden to revive the landmark nuclear deal from which his predecessor withdrew.

“We once tried the path of having the sanctions lifted and negotiated several years, but this got us nowhere,” Khamenei said, according to Reuters.

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