10:48⇢Khamenei Tells America Nuclear Enrichment None of Its Business
⌨The newspapers report on Supreme Leader Khamenei delivering his most defiant rejection yet of American nuclear proposals during Imam Khomeini's death anniversary commemoration. Speaking at Khomeini's mausoleum, Khamenei declared "it's none of America's business" whether Iran has enrichment capabilities and questioned why the US wants Iran to lack a nuclear industry entirely (BBC Persian, ISNA, Mehr News, Tasnim News, Tehran Times). He emphasized that even having "100 nuclear power plants" would be useless without enrichment, as Iran would then need to "extend its hand to America" and accept multiple conditions. State media portrayed his remarks as completely dismissing what they describe as America's latest nuclear consortium proposal, with Khamenei stating the American plan is "100 percent against the 'We Can' doctrine" (Borna News, Khabar Online, Tasnim News). The unified coverage across Iranian outlets suggests this represents the regime's final answer to recent American diplomatic overtures, marking a definitive end to the nuclear negotiation process that had seen previous cautious responses about reviewing proposals.