Iran’s security chief Larijani says ‘will not negotiate’ with US

Government supporters mourn in a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran. (AP)
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Updated 02 March 2026
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Iran’s security chief Larijani says ‘will not negotiate’ with US

TEHRAN: Iran “will not negotiate with the United States,” Ali Larijani, the powerful head of Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Monday.
In a post on X, Larijani denied media reports that Iranian officials had sought to initiate talks with the Trump administration following a wave of US-Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend, which came after Tehran and Washington held nuclear negotiations.

Larijani also said the US leader Donald Trump's "delusional fantasies" have plunged the Middle East into chaos. 
"Trump plunged the region into chaos with his 'delusional fantasies' and now fears more American troop casualties," he wrote on X, following a wave of US-Israeli strikes on Iran.