Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
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What are the main stories in this episode?
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Bernadette Keogh, and in the early hours of Sunday the 9th of March, these are our main stories. Iran's supreme leader rejects the demand from Donald Trump to reach a nuclear deal with the US or face a potential military response. Poland's prime minister says overnight Russian air attacks on Ukraine are a result of appeasing a barbarian. Shock and fear in Syria's minority Alawite community as more than 600 civilians are reported to have been killed by Syria's security forces. Also in this podcast, South Korea's impeached president gets out of jail. And International Women's Day through the prism of Spain.
We are still being killed. There are many things that need to keep changing. I don't want to see the upcoming generation going through what the previous generations and even us have gone through.
How did Iran respond to Trump's nuclear deal demands?
Iran has responded defiantly to President Trump's warning that it faces possible military action unless it agrees to nuclear talks. Mr Trump says he told the Ayatollah in a letter that Iran must never be allowed to become a nuclear power and could face attack. The Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iran would not negotiate under pressure from what he called a bullying country.
Some bully governments insist on negotiations, but these talks are not aimed at solving problems. Instead, they want to use them to dominate others. By all means, let's negotiate, but let's do so to push for what we want. If the parties sitting on the other side of the table accept, all the better. If they don't, they will take the blame.
Tehran has repeatedly denied that it's planning to develop nuclear weapons, but has enriched its uranium supplies to near weapons-grade level. Parham Gabbadi from the BBC's Persian service told me more.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was furious today. He called the United States a bully, a country that is bullying Iran and is trying to come to a deal with Iran through intimidation. He did not lash out at the United States. He also targeted the European countries as well, the three European countries, United Kingdom, France and Germany. The signatories of Iran nuclear deal called them intimidators. said that these countries are shameless because they're asking Iran to stick to its nuclear commitments. So he was extremely angry. But this is let's remember that this is not the first time that Donald Trump has sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei back in 2019 during his first term after Iran.
giving up the nuclear deal. He also sent a letter to Khamenei through Shinzo Abe, late Japanese prime minister. And at that time, Khamenei gave the same response. He said that it was not worthy. His letter is not worthy a response. And in front of the cameras, he did not even agree to accept the letter.
What's at stake for Iran if it refuses President Trump's demand for a deal?
So a lot of things have changed since President Trump's first term, because last time the tension was not this high between Iran and Israel. So Iran and Israel have targeted each other, directly attacked each other, twice at least, in the past few months. So that has changed. The other thing that has changed is that in the past few years, Iran has seen several rounds of nationwide protests, both because of social grievances and economic grievances. And those grievances are still there today. All this pressure is going to be even more if Donald Trump is going to be able to reduce Iranian population. oil export to zero.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the main stories in this episode?
0:37–1:48
2
How did Iran respond to Trump's nuclear deal demands?
1:48–5:48
3
What is the current status of the Ukraine-Russia conflict?
5:48–9:38
4
What is happening with Syria's Alawite community?
9:38–12:14
5
Why was Brad Sigmund executed by firing squad?
12:14–16:44
6
What is the situation with South Korea's impeached president?
16:44–29:17
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