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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the United States is sending Iran "everyday" demands for negotiations.
After its decision to withdraw from the agreement to limit the Iranian nuclear program and reimpose the sanctions, US President Donald Trump proposed in July to conduct unconditional negotiations with Tehran, a proposal rejected by 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," Reuters said.
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The United States said, "We should negotiate here, we should negotiate there," Rouhani added. "We want to solve the problems … should we see your message … or should we see your brutal actions?"
Echoing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's remarks on Thursday, Rouhani also said Iran was in an "economic, psychological and propaganda war" against the United States and Israel.
In May, Trump announced that the United States would leave the 2015 agreement between Iran and the world powers, accusing the government of not doing enough to curb Iran's nuclear development. He also criticized the agreement for failing to attack Iran's support for armed groups in the region or the country's ballistic missile program.
US President Donald Trump makes a gesture aboard the Air Force One in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on September 7, 2018. (AFP / Nicholas Kamm)
Despite his often hawkish rhetoric towards Iran, Trump left open the possibility of talks and said Wednesday that it was possible to meet Rouhani at the United Nations General Assembly later this month. .
"We will see what happens with Iran. Whether they want to talk or not, it's up to them, not me, "Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.
"Iran is a very different country than I took over the presidency," he added, calling the country "tormented".
"When I took office, it was only a matter of knowing how long it took to seize the entire Middle East. Now they are just worrying about their own survival as a country. "
Trump is expected to lead a meeting of heads of state of the UN Security Council on September 26 to press Tehran for alleged violations of council resolutions.
The United States holding the presidency of the Security Council, the UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, said Tuesday that the goal was to put pressure on Tehran.
Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif, New York, April 24, 2018. (AP / Richard Drew)
But Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the US plan on Wednesday.
"There is only one UN Security Council resolution on Iran … @realDonaldTrump rapes and intimidates others to do the same," Zarif wrote on Twitter.
Washington attempted to strengthen international pressure on Iran after reimposing severe unilateral sanctions on August 7 and set a deadline for stopping Iran's oil exports on Nov. 5.
Iran's economy has been defeated as countries enter into trade ties for fear of violating US sanctions, which, according to Washington, would be strictly imposed.
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