[Washington / Geneva 27th Reuters]-US President Trump said yesterday that Iran had refused a sanctions request in exchange for a meeting. Prior to this, Iran's President Rouhani stated that the US government had proposed to lift sanctions in return for dialogue, but did not respond.
President Trump said in a post to Twitter: “Iran wanted to lift the sanctions to have a meeting, but I said no!”
President Rouhani revealed on his website that he had been persuaded by German, English and French during the United Nations General Assembly and met with senior US government officials, saying, “The United States has declared that all sanctions will be lifted.” It was.
On top of that, although the Iranian side was prepared to negotiate, “negotiation in a harmful environment under sanctions and maximum pressure is unacceptable.”