Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Tehran will not enter into any negotiations as long as US economic terrorism against it continues.
Tehran – .. "Iran will not enter any negotiations as long as the US economic terrorism against it continues," Mousavi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency, adding that "no reasonable person is going to negotiations that do not respect international rules and laws and exert pressure, economic terrorism and sanctions."
"The Islamic Republic will go to negotiations when it decides to put forward its rights and demands," Mousavi said in response to remarks by his US counterpart Mike Pompeo.
"They are talking about negotiations, but they are lying in their call; while they are talking about negotiations, they exert pressure, use all kinds of threats, and seek to bring our people to their knees."
US-Iranian relations have seen tensions and a military escalation, following the withdrawal of US President Donald Trump from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran, and then an attack on four oil tankers in the Sea of Oman, in addition to the shooting down of a modern US reconnaissance aircraft with an Iranian missile over the Strait of Hormuz, and the detention The British government of the Strait of Gibraltar, an Iranian oil tanker, said its destination was Syria, which is under EU sanctions, while Tehran responded by detaining a British oil tanker from the Strait of Hormuz.
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