Tehran, August 27
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday told the US to “take the first step” by lifting all sanctions against Iran, a day after US President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting.
Trump said on Monday he was ready to meet with his Iranian counterpart within weeks, in a potential breakthrough reached during a G7 summit in the French seaside resort of Biarritz. The Iranian economy has been battered by US sanctions imposed after Trump last year unilaterally withdrew the US from the 2015 nuclear deal.
“The step is to retreat from sanctions. You must retreat from all illegal, unjust and wrong sanctions against Iran,” Rouhani saidin a speech aired live on state television. “The key for positive change is in the hands of Washington,” he said, because Iran had already ruled out ever doing what worries the US the most — building an atomic bomb.
“We don’t (intend to) make an atomic bomb... our military doctrine is based on conventional arms. So take the first step. Without this step, this lock will not be unlocked,” the Iranian President said. — AFP
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