00:00Iran says it is not seeking negotiations with the United States, pushing back on earlier reports that talks were being
00:07explored.
00:08This as the U.S. and Israel joint military campaign against Iran is widening rapidly.
00:14Iranian retaliatory missile and drone attacks have struck Israel, U.S. bases and Gulf states.
00:21Casualties so far include more than 500 in Iran, four U.S. service members killed, three civilians in the UAE
00:28and dozens more in Lebanon.
00:31In a post on X, Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said no approach had been made
00:38by the U.S. so far.
00:40His comments came after Trump said Iran's new leadership wants to open discussions with Washington.
00:46Larijani also accused U.S. President Donald Trump of fueling instability across the Middle East.
00:53American policy, he said, had pushed the region into deeper turmoil.
00:58Larijani described Trump's approach as detached from reality.
01:03He also claimed that Washington was wary of further American troop casualties as tensions continued to rise.
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