President Rouhani: Iran will not talk with US as long as it keeps lying
Tehran (KNA) - President Hassan Rouhani says Washington’s claims of seeking negotiations with Iran are “mere lies” and that the United States, in fact, intends to force the Iranian nation to its knees.
Contrary to what some are trying to promote, "the US does not possess the willingness for negotiations at all," the president told a cabinet session in Tehran on Wednesday.
"The actions that it is taking are aimed at defeating the Iranian nation" and "making a return" to Iran, he added, referring to Washington's ample presence and influence in the country prior to the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Rouhani said the US subversive measures against Iran have all failed on international, regional, and political arenas, and that its propagandist attempts targeting the Islamic Republic have all been defeated.
Washington has been and will likewise be frustrated in its anti-Iran economic drive, he added.
The US administration said Monday it would not extend sanctions exemptions previously given to countries importing oil from Iran when they expire in early May.
Source: PressTV