Donald Trump says he’s willing to talk to Iran without conditions, but Tehran has some
The US president’s surprising offer was met by Iran saying that the US would first have to return to a 2015 nuclear deal
Iranian officials reacted sceptically on Tuesday to US President Donald Trump’s comments that he’s willing to negotiate with his Iranian counterpart, saying instead that if Trump wants talks, he needs to rejoin the international nuclear deal he unilaterally pulled out of earlier this year.
Trump on Monday said he’d meet Iranian President Hassan Rowhani “anytime” if the Iranian leader were willing.
In his first public remarks after the comment, Rowhani did not mention Trump at all but instead stressed the need for the other nations involved in the nuclear deal to forge ahead with their pledges of trying to salvage it.
“We are at a very critical point in history regarding the nuclear deal and Europe’s transparent measures to compensate for the United States’ unlawful withdrawal from it are very important for the Iranian nation,” Rowhani said after talks with new British Ambassador Rob Macaire.
In addition to Britain, China, Germany, France, Russia and the European Union are negotiating with Iran on preserving the deal.