In an exclusive interview in Tehran, CNN’s Fred Pleitgen sat down with Mohsen Rezaei, the senior military advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The supreme leader, who has not been seen in public since his appointment, is known to have a small circle of trusted aides around him. General Rezaei is in that circle. The advisor shot down the possibility of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. He also said that a potential US-Iran deal hinges on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets.
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0:00 CNN's Frederik Pleitgen asks Gen. Rezaei if Iran is willing to compromise on nuclear enrichment
2:18 Rezaei: President Trump must "reduce the valley of distrust" between Iran and US
3:29 Pleitgen: "So the frozen assets are the big problem right now?"
4:24 Rezaei: "The Strait of Hormuz belongs to us and . . .Oman."
7:30 Rezaei: "The cost of negotiating with us is much less than fighting with us"
8:45 Rezaei: "This news from Kuwait was a lie. We did not attack the Kuwait airport terminal."
10:09 Pleitgen: Is the Supreme Leader "fully in control of everything?"
10:34 Pleitgen: "What's your message to Donald Trump?"
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