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GENEVA (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the United States is continually sending messages to Iran asking it to begin talks.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends press conference with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin after meeting in Tehran, Iran, on September 7, 2018. Kirill Kudryavtsev / Pool via REUTERS
Tensions between Iran and the United States have multiplied following the withdrawal of President Donald Trump from a historic nuclear deal with Iran in May, and the resumption of sanctions against the Islamic Republic last month.
Trump said he would meet the Iranian leaders.
"On the one hand, they are trying to put pressure on the Iranian people, on the other hand, they are sending us messages every day through different methods so that we can negotiate together," Rouhani said. .
"(They say) we should negotiate here, we should negotiate there. We want to solve the problems … Should we see your message? … Or should we see your brutal actions? "
Washington aims to force Tehran to end its nuclear program and support militant groups in Syria and Iraq.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday criticized the US criticism of Iranian regional policy.
"Trump flip flops are really funny," he wrote. "One week, his topic of discussion is that we" waste "our resources abroad, next week we have not supported the Palestinians financially enough."
US sanctions targeting the Iranian oil sector are expected to be reimposed in November.
Iran is facing an "economic, psychological and propaganda war," Rouhani said on Saturday, saying the United States and Israel were the main enemies of the Islamic Republic.
Reportage by Babak Dehghanpisheh; Edited by Robert Birsel and Kevin Liffey
