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\nNothing is preventing Tehran from engaging in talks with Washington, provided that it comes up with apologies \u2013 and reimbursement \u2013 for losses in the 2015 nuclear pact America walked out on, President Hassan Rouhani has said.
\n\u201cWe have no problem with talking to the US,\u201d Rouhani declared, in a nationally-broadcast speech on Wednesday. The only condition is that \u201cWashington meets its obligations under the nuclear deal, apologizes and compensates Tehran for its withdrawal from the 2015 pact,\u201d the president said.
\nRouhani made it clear, however, that \u201cthese calls for talks with Tehran are just words and lies.\u201d US President Donald Trump has previously offered to negotiate with Iran without any preconditions and to meet with Rouhani in person.
\nWashington repeated the offer of \u201cserious talks\u201d this January \u2013 but the timing of this couldn\u2019t have been more questionable, as it came on the heels of the death of Qassem Soleimani, a renowned Iranian military leader, in an American missile strike.<\/p>\n
Tehran, for its part, has consistently ruled out dealing with Washington under pressure, or trading vital national interests.<\/p>\n
Last year, however, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif announced that he pitched a suggestion to the US, under which Iran would permanently accept international inspections of its nuclear program, in return for the lifting of US sanctions. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TLTP TEHRAN Nothing is preventing Tehran from engaging in talks with Washington, provided that it comes up with apologies \u2013 and reimbursement \u2013 for losses in the 2015 nuclear pact America walked out on, President Hassan Rouhani has said. \u201cWe have no problem with talking to the US,\u201d Rouhani declared, in a nationally-broadcast speech on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n