Iran rejects Trump offer of talks as 'humiliation', without value

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Source: Reuters



JULY 31, 2018 / 9:23 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

LONDON (Reuters) - Senior Iranian officials on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of talks without preconditions as worthless and “a humiliation” after he acted to reimpose sanctions on Tehran following his withdrawal from a landmark nuclear deal.

Separately, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Trump’s repudiation of the accord reached in 2015 was “illegal” and Iran would not easily yield to Washington’s renewed campaign to strangle Iran’s vital oil exports.

In May, Trump pulled the United States out of the multilateral deal concluded before he took office, denouncing it as one-sided in Iran’s favor. On Monday, he declared that he would be willing to meet Rouhani without preconditions to discuss how to improve relations.

The head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said on Tuesday Tehran saw no worth in Trump’s offer, made only a week after he warned Iran it risked dire consequences few had ever suffered in history if it made threats against Washington.

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[Chemisse]

1. It's just so easy to make a fool of Trump.

I guess he can't use Iran for a big PR stunt to distract from N Korea amping up their nuclear program after THAT bit PR stunt.

[djacq]

2. Iran don't like talking to Orange Clown criminal

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[yurbud]

4. anyone who sits at the table with him automatically debases themselves & their country

It's like going on a camping trip with Charles Manson--everybody would be rightly wary of you afterwards.

[NCjack]

3. The time for talking was before IQ-45 repudiated the 2015 accord and

imposed sanctions. If the Iranian government agrees to talks now, it will be humiliated and the end of Iranian leaders. The "best ever dealster" has driven us into a box canyon -- no exit.