{"id":337410,"date":"2025-09-23T20:39:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=337410"},"modified":"2025-09-23T20:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:47:15","slug":"khamenei-rejects-u-s-talks-vows-enrichment-will-continue-as-snapback-deadline-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/khamenei-rejects-u-s-talks-vows-enrichment-will-continue-as-snapback-deadline-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Rejects U.S. Talks, Vows Enrichment Will Continue as Snapback Deadline Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_337414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337414\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iran-ali-khamenei-televised-speech-23062025.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian regime's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech on September 23, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iran-ali-khamenei-televised-speech-23062025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iran-ali-khamenei-televised-speech-23062025-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iran-ali-khamenei-televised-speech-23062025-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iran-ali-khamenei-televised-speech-23062025-749x420.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iran-ali-khamenei-televised-speech-23062025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iran-ali-khamenei-televised-speech-23062025-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranian regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech on September 23, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared on September 23, 2025, that Iran will press ahead with uranium enrichment to 60 percent and will not negotiate with the United States, dismissing talks as \u201cpure loss\u201d and warning that concessions under threat would &#8220;destroy the dignity of the Iranian nation.&#8221; His nationally televised remarks came just days before the deadline for the automatic reimposition of United Nations sanctions through the \u201csnapback\u201d mechanism.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defiance on Enrichment<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/1750962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khamenei insisted<\/a> the Islamic Republic has no intention of building a nuclear weapon but described enrichment to 60 percent as \u201cnecessary for domestic needs.\u201d He said: \u201cWe have no need for a bomb, but enrichment to 60 percent is necessary. We are among ten countries with this capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The claim stands at odds with international assessments. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Iran has stockpiled around 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent\u2014material that, if further refined, could yield several nuclear weapons. Western governments argue that such levels have no clear civilian use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamenei framed the program as a matter of sovereignty and defiance. \u201cThe Iranian people will slap in the mouth anyone who says stop enrichment,\u201d he said, adding that knowledge \u201ccannot be bombed away,\u201d even after recent U.S. and Israeli strikes that targeted enrichment facilities during the \u201c12-day war.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Economic Strain and Unrest Fears Drive Khamenei\u2019s Push for Narrative Control<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F51d8EVrf4\">https:\/\/t.co\/F51d8EVrf4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1965092162502312390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rejection of Negotiations<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much of Khamenei\u2019s speech was devoted to denouncing the idea of talks with Washington. He characterized negotiations as a trap in which the United States dictates outcomes in advance: dismantling enrichment, abandoning missiles, and severing foreign ties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNegotiation with America is pure loss and brings irreparable damage,\u201d he said. \u201cNo honorable nation negotiates under threat. Accepting such talks would mean endless concessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He mocked those inside Iran who advocate engagement. \u201cThis is bigger than the mouth of the one who utters it,\u201d he said, using a colloquial expression to deride calls for halting enrichment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The remarks appeared aimed at closing the door on suggestions that the regime&#8217;s president Masoud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/iranian-regime-mps-call-for-nuclear-weapons-as-un-snapback-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pezeshkian could meet<\/a> Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly in New York this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei\u2019s Weak Position Exposed as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Rival Factions Escalate Infighting<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z7U9xguQdl\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z7U9xguQdl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1963709249759895896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Snapback Sanctions Loom<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamenei\u2019s defiance comes as the deadline approaches for the reimposition of UN sanctions under Resolution 2231. On September 19, the <a href=\"https:\/\/press.un.org\/en\/2025\/sc16175.doc.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Security Council failed<\/a> to extend sanctions relief, triggering the mechanism that will automatically restore previous measures at the end of September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The return of sanctions has already rattled markets inside Iran. The rial has fallen against foreign currencies, and inflation is accelerating, adding to pressure on households. Officials have acknowledged the strain: economists in Tehran warn that oil exports will face greater obstacles, with China demanding deeper discounts on Iranian crude.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khamenei<\/a> Rejects U.S. Talks, Backs Pezeshkian as Regime Faces Deepening Splits<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZhUHUfNCG6\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZhUHUfNCG6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1959713501103972468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Strategic Deadlock<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While projecting strength abroad, Khamenei\u2019s messaging reveals a deeper concern about the regime\u2019s internal stability. For him, the greatest risk is not foreign intervention but domestic erosion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The logic is clear: concessions to Washington would be seen as surrender, weakening the loyalty of the security and intelligence apparatus on which the system depends. That erosion, in turn, could embolden a society already marked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2023-nationwide-uprising-revolution-demonstrations\/\">periodic unrest<\/a> and rising economic hardship. Defiance, however costly internationally, preserves cohesion at home, he believes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This calculation explains why, even after devastating strikes on nuclear facilities and looming sanctions, Khamenei frames talks as \u201cirreparable damage\u201d rather than relief. To admit weakness, in his view, would erode his base from within.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Cairo Agreement Triggers Factional Warfare and Exposes Khamenei\u2019s Weakening Grip <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E69azy8DfH\">https:\/\/t.co\/E69azy8DfH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1968189079104917765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khamenei\u2019s televised speech underscored the direction of policy as the snapback deadline nears: continued enrichment to 60 percent, rejection of U.S. talks, and defiance framed as national dignity. Yet the message also revealed the regime\u2019s deeper anxiety\u2014that concessions would unravel its base and expose it to a restive society more dangerous than any foreign adversary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read The regime&rsquo;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared on September 23, 2025, that Iran will press ahead with uranium enrichment to 60 percent and will not negotiate with the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":337414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1175,5480],"class_list":{"0":"post-337410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nuclear","8":"tag-iran-nuclear","9":"tag-ali-khamenei"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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