"A genuine negotiation would never come from someone like Donald Trump" Ali Khamenei, The Supreme Iranian Leader

The Supreme Iranian Guide has met with Shinzo Abe, who has tried to reduce tension between the US and Iran, which has increased by the imposition of sanctions by the Americans on the Persians and by the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf.

There are times when the medium voluntarily precedes the same message to convey an idea. Something like this has happened this Thursday, during the expected meeting held by the Supreme Guide of Iran , Ali Khamenei , and the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe . It was foreseen that the Japanese would transmit a message that US President Donald Trump had given him earlier, during a bilateral summit held in Japan. Khamenei did not issue this message; Yes, even televised, the answer.

"I do not have the slightest doubt of his good intentions or his seriousness, but as far as what you have conveyed from the president of the United States , I do not consider exchanging messages with Donald Trump, I have no answer to give or give it to him. ", said Khamenei before the cameras. A resounding "no" to negotiate in the current conditions, almost at the same time that two oil tankers burned in waters near the Oman Sea , after allegedly being attacked.

Shortly thereafter, on Twitter, accounts linked to who has the last word in Iran's affairs have expanded their response: "We do not believe at all that the US is seeking genuine negotiations with Iran, because genuine negotiations would never come from people like Trump. ", They have published. "The American president met and spoke with you [Shinzo Abe], also from Iran, but after returning from Japan , he immediately imposed sanctions in the petrochemical industry, is this honesty?" The ayatollah added.

The idea, according to the messages of Ali Khamenei, is this: Iran is not willing to sit down to negotiate unless the United States reverses some of the sanctions sanctions that, for a year, are contributing to the impoverishment of the population. Meanwhile, as one of the tweets of the Supreme Leader says, "by the grace of God, without negotiations, and in spite of the sanctions, we will progress". The strong devaluation that the rial has experienced this year and inflation are a burden.

This concludes a week of international visits to Iran that have known little to those who hoped that both the first arrival of the German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas , and that of Abe would represent a turning point. But, according to the events of today, the situation seems to remain entrenched. However, the leader Iran has taken a more positive impression of the Japanese leader, whose country, the Iranians have recalled, is a traditional buyer of its oil, now impeded.

Heiko Maas, for his part, has been criticized in the Iranian press these days for the tone he maintained during his meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Mohamed Yavad Zarif . In particular, he has been pointed out negatively for demanding Iran to maintain its commitments to the nuclear agreement without specifying measures to ensure compliance with the European part of the agreement - to facilitate and promote trade with Iran. One of the Maas phrases that hurt most was: "We can not do miracles".

The "miracle", for now, is to convince Donald Trump to take a step back in his sanctioning impetus. Something that will be more difficult after the incident of the two tankers, one of which, by the way, owned by Japan. An attack, still an unknown author, that seems destined to torpedo any effort to reduce tension and avoid an escalation that leads to an open conflict. "At the very least, a suspect," the Iranian Foreign Minister said. On the other hand, for Iran's critics, it has been a coup of its paramilitary forces with the intention of adding pressure to the 'impasse'.