28 Mar 2024
Tuesday 31 October 2017 - 15:51
Story Code : 281506

Iran says talks unlikely without change in US behavior

AP Iran says talks with the United States are unlikely without a fundamental change in American behavior.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told reporters Monday that any future negotiations were unlikely considering the policies taken by (President Donald) Trump.

Then-president Barack Obama held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, in 2013, the highest level contact since 1979. U.S. and Iranian diplomats met frequently in the lead-up to the 2015 nuclear accord.

Trump has taken a harder line toward Iran, portraying it as a regional menace.

Ghasemi said that at the U.N. General Assembly last month, some people close to Mr. Trump requested and expressed his willingness for a meeting with Rouhani. He said Rouhani declined.

The White House said reports that Trump requested a meeting were false.
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