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President Pezeshkian: “They do not want a powerful Iran."

Prime Minister Netanyahu meets President Trump again in the White House today. Victor Gilinsky wrote in the Bulletin on Atomic Scientists on September 23, ‘When Israel tells the United States, as it will, what it expects it to contribute militarily to the next round of attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the US answer should [be, Bibi}, “you may include me out.”’ 
        Netanyahu stated clearly at the UN General Assembly on September 26, “Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium…must be eliminated.” "We certainly know where it is. We have a pretty good idea of where it is," dpa reported that Netanyahu said on September 28. 
        So, it is easy to imagine that in the White House today Netanyahu will trade going along with Trump on Gaza (for a couple months) for the U.S. commitment to drop more MOABs on Iran (in the coming months). 
        All that is well understood in Tehran. Iran International reported on Sep 28, 2025, that Major General Mohsen Rezaei, former chief commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, said, “If we enter negotiations [with the U.S.], military force must in no way be used against Iran. Otherwise, we will retaliate; not only against Israel, but also against American targets in the region.” 
        Negotiations? With the Trump administration? Recall what Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said the other day, “The [U.S.] breaks its promises in everything, lies about everything, and constantly threatens with military action.” “If they can, they assassinate our figures such as Martyr Soleimani or bomb our nuclear facilities; one cannot negotiate with such a side, nor sit down with trust and confidence to make agreements.” 
        And recall what Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the UN General Assembly, the West's rejection of "a rational proposal by China and Russia to extend the 2015 Iran deal in order to allow time for diplomacy, finally exposed the West's policy of sabotaging the pursuit of constructive solutions"…"This is a deliberate operation aimed at starting the next stage of strangling the Islamic Republic of Iran economically, financially and so on.” 
        And all that makes very understandable what Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said upon returning to Tehran, “If today their issue is nuclear, tomorrow they will raise non-nuclear matters, because they do not want a powerful Iran."

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