Speaking to Tasnim on Sunday, Deputy Chief of the Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Sayyari said that Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khameneis recent remarks about the impossibility of talks on Irans defense and missile capabilities were crystal clear.
We declare explicitly that Irans defense and missile power is absolutely non-negotiable, the general underscored, saying nobody would ever bargain over the countrys defense capabilities.
Asked about Europes willingness to hold fresh talks with Iran with the purported purpose of completing the 2015 nuclear deal, Sayyari said, Europeans may have many wishes and dreams, but we wont let them achieve the dream of (holding) missile talks with Iran.
Echoing Ayatollah Khameneis remarks, the commander denounced negotiations with the US as a lethal poison.
In comments last month, Ayatollah Khamenei categorically dismissed the idea of talks with the US, saying, Negotiation is poison. As long as the US continues to be what it is now - as Imam once said, as long as he does not act like a decent human being: this is how he worded it - our negotiation with the US is poison, even more so with the current administration.
Ayatollah Khamenei has also reiterated on various occasions that Irans defense capabilities and power are not subject to negotiations.
We will have no bargaining and dealing with the enemy over the countrys means of defense and over whatever provides or supports the national power, the Leader said in October 2017.
The adversaries are opposed to the enhancement of the Islamic Republic of Irans power in the region and beyond, because such power constitutes the strategic depth of the Islamic Establishment, the Leader added.
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