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News from Al Manar, March 2, 2026
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, firmly rejected any negotiations with Washington on Monday, contradicting claims made by US President Donald Trump.
“We will not negotiate with the US,” Larijani wrote on X, directly disputing Trump’s remarks in an interview with The Atlantic in which the US president said Iran’s new leadership “wants to talk” and that he had agreed to dialogue.
لن نتفاوض مع الولايات المتحدة https://t.co/cvEweU8ODj
— Ali Larijani | علی لاریجانی (@alilarijani_ir) March 2, 2026
Larijani’s statement also pushed back against a report by The Wall Street Journal claiming he had been involved in efforts to resume talks via Omani intermediaries.
In a separate post, Larijani accused Trump of transforming his “America First” doctrine into “Israel First,” writing that the US president was sacrificing American soldiers to serve Israeli regional ambitions.
“With delusional actions and new lies, Trump is once again making US soldiers and their families pay the price for his personality cult,” he wrote, stressing that Iran “has not started the invasion” and is acting in self-defense.
Trump’s wishful thinking has dragged the whole region into an unnecessarily war and now he is rightly worried about more American casualties. It is indeed very sad that he is sacrificing American treasure and blood to advance Netanyahu’s illegitimate expansionist ambitions. https://t.co/b11I6cNb6I
— Ali Larijani | علی لاریجانی (@alilarijani_ir) March 2, 2026
Earlier on Sunday, Yedioth Ahronoth quoted a source as saying that an American official conveyed an even more immediate proposal.
“Through a mediator, apparently Italy, he suggested reaching a ceasefire agreement today or tomorrow. Iran rejected the idea outright.”
Source: Websites (edited by Al-Manar)
