Iran Will Never Hold Talks With The U.S. 'At Any Level', Says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

CNBC: Iran ‘will never talk to America,’ supreme leader says ahead of UN General Assembly meetings

* Previous U.S. offers of talks without preconditions were sharply rescinded in the wake of Saturday’s attacks on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil facilities.
* Khamenei’s words come ahead of the high level meetings at the UNGA scheduled for next week, and effectively kill any chance of talks between U.S. and Iranian leaders.
* Washington’s sanctions on Iran have crippled its oil exports and much of its economy, sending inflation as high as 50% this year.

DUBAI — Iran will never hold talks with America, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on state television Tuesday morning, effectively killing chances for a rapprochement some had anticipated between leaders of both countries during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings taking place this week and next.

“Iranian officials will never talk to America .... this is part of their (U.S.) policy to put pressure on Iran ... their policy of maximum pressure will fail,” Khamenei said.

Khamenei’s words come ahead of the high level meetings at the UNGA scheduled for next week, and amid fresh acrimony between Washington and Tehran following major attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure that U.S. officials have blamed on Iran. The attacks on Saudi Aramco’s massive Abqaiq and Khurais plants, which was claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, forced the state oil giant to shut down half of its production, sending oil prices up by double digits.

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WNU Editor: Never is a very long time.