(Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech on Wednesday the Islamic Republic would not conduct talks with the U.S. about its nuclear program unless sanctions and military threats were lifted. "If superpowers want to threaten and put pressure and impose sanctions and show an iron hand and, on the other hand, seek to sit at the negotiating table, this is not a negotiation and we will not have this kind of negotiation with anyone," he said. "Put away the threats and put away the sanctions."
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