Top Aide to Khamenei Rejects U.S. Offer to Meet Iranian Leaders -IRNA

File photo taken June 2, 2013 shows former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati. REUTERS./

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that an offer by Washington to meet with Iranian leaders including Khamenei would never be accepted.

Asked about an offers made by U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet Iranian leaders, Ali Akbar Velayati was quoted as saying by news agency IRNA: “Trump’s and Pompeo’s dream would never come to reality.”

Pompeo made his offer on Fox News on Sunday.


(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; editing by John Stonestreet)