As European leaders warned that sanctions on Iran could soon be reimposed over the country's nuclear program, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the country does not plan to build nuclear weapons but rejected direct talks with the United States, calling them "a sheer dead end. " Khamenei said Iran had no reason to engage in talks with the United States, even though France, Germany, and Britain have said such negotiations are necessary if Iran wants to keep existing sanctions relief. "We have reached an advanced level in uranium enrichment. While countries aiming to develop nuclear weapons enrich uranium up to 90%, we have limited ours at 60%," Khamenei said in a national address. He repeated that Iran would not increase enrichment to weapons-grade
'Negotiating with US detrimental': Iran supreme leader Khamenei outlines stand on nuclear weapons; vows 'won’t surrender'

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