Shafaq News/ Iran will not engage in negotiations with the United Stateswhile under the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign, DeputyForeign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday.
Rejecting talks that he described as tantamount to surrender, “Liftingsanctions requires negotiations, but not under the framework of ‘maximumpressure,’ because in that case, it would not be negotiations but a form ofsubmission,” Araghchi said in a statement.
Araghchi reaffirmed Iran’s stance, saying, “Iran does not wish tonegotiate with a country that imposes new sanctions at the same time.”
His remarks came a day after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urgedthe Iranian government to avoid talks with Washington, calling such a step“reckless” and citing past US failures to uphold agreements with Tehran.
Iran reached a nuclear deal in 2015 with the United States, France,Germany, Britain, China, and Russia, agreeing to limit its nuclear program inexchange for sanctions relief. However, then-President Donald Trump withdrewfrom the accord in 2018, reinstating harsh economic sanctions despiteopposition from European allies.
Last Wednesday, Trump reiterated his support for a “peace deal” withIran but insisted that Tehran must never acquire nuclear weapons.
Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department announced fresh sanctions onThursday, targeting a global network accused of facilitating the shipment ofmillions of barrels of Iranian crude oil worth hundreds of millions of dollarsto China.
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