Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with a group of students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025. AP
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, November 27, that the Trump administration was "not worthy" of contact or cooperation with the Islamic republic. "Such a government (the United States) is not worthy of being approached or cooperated with by a government like the Islamic Republic," Khamenei said in a televised speech, rejecting rumors that Iran had sent messages to Washington as a "pure lie."
His remarks came on the occasion of a state-designated day celebrating the Basij forces, a paramilitary force under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Khamenei said the United States and Israel had failed "to achieve any objectives" during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June.
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