NBC: Citing U.S. sanctions, Iranian president says he has no plans to meet Trump
Rouhani said Iran plans to stay in the nuclear deal — for now — despite U.S. withdrawal and sanctions.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told NBC News Monday that he had no plans to meet President Donald Trump during his visit to New York, saying the United States had employed only threats and sanctions against his country.
"There is no such program for a meeting," Rouhani said in an exclusive interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt, saying conditions were not ripe for talks.
Rouhani, in New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly session, accused the U.S. of adopting a hostile stance toward Iran and turning its back on diplomacy after its unilateral withdrawal from a nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers.
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WNU Editor: The Iranians are missing out on an opportunity to defuse tensions, preferring instead the sanctions and the consequences that it will entail. I personally believe this will be seen as a strategic mistake in a year or two.
