TEHRAN, May 14 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei rules out the possibility of war between the United States and Iran despite heightened tensions between the two sides, saying Washington knows engaging in such a conflict would not be in its interest.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Tuesday in Tehran, meeting with the heads of the country’s Executive, Judiciary, and Legislative Branches as well as other senior officials, parliamentarians, and important figures in the country’s political, social, and cultural spheres.
The Leader further said any confrontation between the US and Iran would not be “a military one,” and that “there was not going to be any war.”
“The Iranian nation’s definite option will be resistance in the face of the US, and in this confrontation, the US would be forced into a retreat,” Ayatollah Khamenei said. “Neither us nor them, who know war will not be in their interest, are after war.”
Ayatollah Khamenei further explained that the confrontation between the two sides is “a clash of wills,” asserting that Iran would be the ultimate victor of this battle.
The Leader ruled out any negotiation with the US as long as Washington sticks with its hostile approach against the Islamic Republic, saying Washington would be targeting Iran’s “points of strength,” such as its defensive power or its strategic regional influence, in any such interaction.
Source: Press TV
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