Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appeared to reject the framework of the United States’s proposal for a new deal relating to his nation’s nuclear enrichment programs. In a Wednesday speech, the ayatollah dismissed the plan given to Iranian officials by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday as “nonsense.

A breakthrough would be an unexpected twist in the president’s diplomatic approach: After pulling out of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, he ordered the killing of Iran’s highest-ranking generals. Iran, in return, has been accused of hiring assassins to kill Trump during his 2024 campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to undercut a proposal that was offered by his special envoy to Iran, saying he will insist that Tehran fully dismantle its nuclear enrichment program as part of any deal to ease crushing sanctions.