Iran's Khamenei says US 'cannot have a say' on uranium enrichment

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that the United States "cannot have a say" on Tehran's uranium enrichment in its nuclear program.

"Why are you interfering in whether Iran should have enrichment or not? You cannot have a say," said Khamenei referring to the United States in a speech aired on state television.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said Tuesday as he visited Lebanon that the U.S. proposal for a new nuclear agreement submitted through mediator Oman has "many ambiguities and questions."

"The written proposal we received from the United States contains many ambiguities and questions; many issues in this proposal are not clear," Araghchi said while on a visit to Lebanon.

"Continuing enrichment on Iranian soil is our red line," Araghchi said, adding that his country will respond to the proposal in the coming days based on Iran’s "principled positions and the interests of the Iranian people".