Posted on 08/27/2019 3:15:55 PM PDT by KingofZion
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani rejected the possibility of meeting with President Trump as long as the U.S. sanctioned his country, a day after both leaders appeared to be opening up to possible talks following months of heightened tensions. The Iranian leader’s return to his default position illustrates the pressure he faces at home from hard-line factions opposed to talking to the Trump administration and the challenges of resolving the crisis between the U.S. and Iran. “We seek to resolve the issues and solve the problems in a reasonable way. But we don’t seek photos,” Mr. Rouhani said in a televised speech Tuesday. “If you lifted all the sanctions, bowed respectfully to the Iranian nation, well then the conditions are different.” Mr. Rouhani said Monday he would meet with “anyone” if it served his country’s interest, departing from months of rejections of any talks and raising hopes of a possible thaw. President Trump indicated he would be open to meeting with his Iranian counterpart, in what would be the first meeting between the leaders of the two countries since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. “If the circumstances were correct or right, I would certainly agree to that,” Mr. Trump told reporters at the Group of Seven summit in France. Relations between Washington and Tehran have deteriorated since the Trump administration last year exited the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran and imposed harsh sanctions on the country, including its supreme leader, foreign minister and elite Revolutionary Guard forces. *** MORE
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Poor fool. That turbin must be too tight, I think it’s cut off the blood to his brain.
Fuhgidabout it
Our response should be a small tactical nuke on one of his camel bases.
Not Tehran. Too many good people. Qom is different.
Yeah that’ll work.
Dumbshit
Then I guess there isn’t going to be a meeting.
What an idiot....
It’s their loss.
They are cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
Extremely stupid and counterproductive.
Give us all we want and THEN we’ll talk negotiations. That’s what Obama did, and here we are.
Qom? Is that a training zone for Terrorist and others who wish to destroy America?
I know you are, but what am I?
Stupid.
Idiot. Might get his country destroyed. We’re praying the good Iranian people can get rid of these bloodthirsty savages ASAP!
Khamenei should be lucky to get a meeting with Pompeo anyway.
lol
Hey that’s my line! :)
Brooklyn? Queens? Staten Island?
This prick actually wants the lifting of sanctions and for the President to bow to Iran
As General McCauliffe so eloquently told the Germans at Bastogne: “Nuts!”
Bow to you?
ROTFLMBO
Deal killer. He knows Trump won’t give up anything.
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