Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei says talks suggested by US vice-president would not solve the problem between them.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has turned down an offer of direct talks made by US Vice-President Joe Biden this week, saying they would not solve the problem between them.
"Some naive people like the idea of negotiating with America, however, negotiations will not solve the problem," Khamenei said in a speech to officials and members of Iran's air force carried on his official website.
"American policy in the Middle East has been destroyed and Americans now need to play a new card. That card is dragging Iran into negotiations."
"That offer stands but it must be real and tangible," Biden said in a speech in Munich.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on his way out and has never had the power that Khamenei has. Ahmadinejad talks but no one in the Iranian government listens to him.
Our warmonging neocon chickenhawks and Iran's hard liners keep each other in business with right wing rhetoric. Khamenei is the real power in Iran so the dance will continue.