Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani refused a request by U.S. President Donald Trump for a
meeting on Sunday.
According
to the Fars News Agency, the request came from President Trump on the sidelines
of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September. At the time, the
White House chief of Staff, John Kelly, contacted the deputy foreign minister
of Iran, Javad Zarif, to request a meeting.
The US
request was confirmed by Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi on
Sunday.
Apparently,
the US request came hours after President Trump delivered a speech in which he
vehemently criticized Iran of supporting terrorism and pursuing the development
of a nuclear weapon.
The Iranian
foreign ministry denies that French President Emmanuel Macron has offered to
mediate between the two leaders.
President
Trump has vowed to derail the July 2015 agreement between Iran and Russia, the
United States, France, Germany, and Britain. Ruhani has vowed to honour the
so-called “five plus one” agreement.
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