Rouhani asserts the failure of US pressures against Iranian people
TEHRAN, (ST)_ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the US has requested in private to have talks with Iran and this is in contrast to the statements the Americans are making in public, according to Mehr News Agency..
In a meeting with people with disabilities on the occasion of International Day of Disabled Persons (December 3), President Rouhani reiterated that, today, the resistance of the Iranian nation has forced the US officials to seek negotiations with Iran.
Iran has repeatedly rejected Trump’s offer of talks, saying it would not engage in such negotiations unless the US returns to the deal and lifts its unilateral sanctions.
Tehran says negotiations with Washington would be possible within the framework of the P5+1, comprising the US, France, Britain, Russia, China plus Germany, which successfully negotiated the deal with Iran, if Washington meets those conditions.
IRNA quoted the Iranian President as saying that his government has done its best to provide services for the disabled, but for several reasons, they have not been totally successful.
Referring to the problems that impeded the services, he said that the oil price fell from $112 to $30, and then after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed things got better, but after the US illegally withdrew from the JCPOA things worsened again.
With the unprecedented sanctions, the US had tried to bring Iran to its knees. The US, which is “a criminal and a terrorist”, and other countries thought that it would happen to Iran.
In a speech at the recent General Assembly in New York, Rouhani reaffirmed Iran’s position and said he was not interested in a “memento photo” with Trump on the sidelines of the UN meetings, while the US was piling economic pressure on Iran.
On September 25, Rouhani told FOX News that no talks would take place between Iran and the US as long President Trump has not lifted all sanctions against Iran in a measure to restore ‘trust.’
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