The Wall Street Journal |Asa Fitch and�Aresu Eqbali: Domestic pressure on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to take a more hard-line stance toward the U.S. after Washington�s withdrawal from the nuclear deal gives him little leeway to accept President Trump�s offer to meet.

Mr. Trump on Monday suggested that�a meeting between the two leaders�could take place with no preconditions, just a week after trading threats with the Iranian president. But anger among Iranians has swelled against the Trump�administration since it pulled out�in May from the 2015 deal, an Obama -era pact that gave Tehran relief from international sanctions in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.


Ali Motahari, the deputy speaker of Iran�s parliament, said that now that the U.S. has withdrawn Iranian engagement could be interpreted as a sign of weakness.

�Today, negotiations with the U.S. bring humiliation,� he said Tuesday according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency. �For now, it�s not appropriate to talk with the U.S.�

The withdrawal is reverberating through Iran�s political system, damaging moderates and reformists who championed the diplomacy and saw relief from sanctions as the ticket to economic prosperity. Hard-line opponents of engagement with the West, in turn, have gained stature from Mr. Trump�s move, which validated their argument that the U.S. can�t be trusted.


 

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