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Wednesday 28 august 2024
Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with United

States over Tehran’s nuclear program

By JON GAMBRELL minister visited the country.
Associated Press Asked for comment, the
DUBAI, United Arab Emir- U.S. State Department told
ates (AP) — Iran’s supreme The Associated Press: “We
leader opened the door will judge Iran’s leadership
Tuesday to renewed ne- by their actions, not their
gotiations with the United words.”
States over his country’s “We have long said that we
rapidly advancing nuclear ultimately view diplomacy
program, telling its civilian as the best way to achieve
government there was “no an effective, sustainable
harm” in engaging with its solution with regard to
“enemy.” Iran’s nuclear program,”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s it said. “However, we are
remarks set clear red lines far away from anything like
for any talks taking place that right now given Iran’s
under the government of escalations across the
reformist President Masoud board, including its nuclear
Pezeshkian and renewed escalations and its failure
his warnings that Washing- to cooperate” with the In-
ton wasn’t to be trusted. ternational Atomic Energy
But his comments mirror Agency, the United Nations
those around the time of nuclear watchdog.
Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme “If Iran wants to demon-
with world powers, which Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian’s strate seriousness or a new
administration, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.
saw Tehran’s nuclear pro- Associated Press approach, they should
gram greatly curtailed in stop nuclear escalations
exchange for the lifting of November. nal say on all state matters, from the deal in 2018. and start meaningfully co-
economic sanctions. Yet “This does not mean that also warned Pezeshkian’s There have been indirect operating with the IAEA,” it
it remains unclear just how we cannot interact with the Cabinet, “Do not trust the talks between Iran and the said.
much room Pezeshkian will same enemy in certain situ- enemy.” U.S. in recent years medi- Since the deal’s collapse,
have to maneuver, particu- ations,” Khamenei said, ac- Khamenei, 85, has occa- ated by Oman and Qatar, Iran has abandoned all
larly as tensions remain high cording to a transcript on sionally urged talks or dis- two of the United States’ limits that the deal put on
in the wider Middle East his official website. “There is missed them with Wash- Middle East interlocutors its program, and enriches
over the Israel-Hamas war no harm in that, but do not ington after then-President when it comes to Iran. uranium to up to 60% purity
and as the U.S. prepares for place your hopes in them.” Donald Trump unilaterally Khamenei’s remarks came near weapons-grade levels
a presidential election in Khamenei, who has the fi- withdrew the United States a day after Qatar’s prime of 90%.q

Fugitive ex-official implicates Mexican ex-president, others in tale

spun of student disappearances

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A swers to a lengthy question- The “historic truth” version bodies at a dump in near- meetings were attended
former head of investiga- naire sent to him in 2022 by contended the students by Cocula and tossed the by the president as well as
tions for Mexico’s Attor- Mexico’s top human rights were turned over by lo- remains into a river. his security Cabinet and
ney General’s Office told official at the time, Alejan- cal police to a drug gang Subsequent investigations then-Attorney General
officials investigating the dro Encinas, which was re- in the city of Iguala. The by independent experts Jesús Murillo Karam. Murillo
2014 disappearance of 43 leased under a freedom of gang purportedly killed the and the Attorney General’s Karam has been credited
students that the so-called information request. students, incinerated their Office, and corroborated with calling the explanation
“historic truth” presented to by the Truth Commission es- of the students’ disappear-
the public weeks later was tablished for the case, have ance the “historic truth”
cooked up by the highest since dismissed the idea and has been under house
ranking authorities in the the bodies were burned at arrest awaiting trial. Peña
government during meet- the dump. Nieto now lives in Spain.
ings presided over by then- A local drug gang was in- Zerón, who is accused of
President Enrique Peña Ni- deed involved, they deter- torture and forced disap-
eto, a Mexican news outlet mined, but the Truth Com- pearance, did not provide
reported Monday. mission also believes cor- any detail on Peña Nieto’s
Tomás Zerón, a fugitive rupt members of Mexico’s involvement other than to
now in Israel beyond the military as well as police at say he was at the meetings.
reach of Mexican law en- all levels were, too. Encinas, who resigned from
forcement, told investiga- Encinas, the human rights his post last year, has said
tors that the president and official, previously referred he offered Zerón a deal
members of his security to high-level meetings of for his cooperation in the
Cabinet were present, the officials to discuss the “his- investigation. Asked about
independent journalism Relatives of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who went missing almost toric truth” version, but the case Monday, Presi-
collective Fabrica de Peri- 10 years ago march to demand justice for their loved ones in without identifying all of dent Andrés Manuel López
odismo reported. Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. those present. Obrador said Zerón should
It quoted from Zerón’s an- Associated Press According to Zerón, the turn himself in.q