REFILE: Iranian president rejects direct talks with the US after Trump letter

Record ID: 1986732

  • Title: REFILE: Iranian president rejects direct talks with the US after Trump letter
  • Date: 30th March 2025
  • Summary: TEHRAN, IRAN (MARCH 30, 2025) (POOL VIA WANA – No use Iran. No use BBC Persian. No use VOA Persian. No use Manoto. No use Iran International) IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN DURING CABINET MEETING (SOUNBDITE) (Farsi) IRANIAN PRESIDENT, MASOUD PEZESHKIAN, SAYING: "Direct negotiations (with the U.S.) have been rejected, but (regarding) indirect negotiations—Iran has alwa
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  • Keywords: Iranian president MASOUD PEZESHKIAN Trump letter Unites States cabinet meeting direct talks indirect talks negotiations
  • Location: TEHRAN, IRAN
  • City: TEHRAN, IRAN
  • Country: Iran
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001283930032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Iran rejects direct talks with the United States, Iranian president said on Sunday (March 30) in response to a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump in which he urged Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal.
    Speaking during a cabinet meeting, president Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized Tehran is willing to continue indirect negotiations with Washington.
    Tehran has so far rebuffed Trump's warning to make a deal or face military consequences.
    In his first 2017-21 term, Trump withdrew the U.S. from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed strict limits on Tehran's disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.
    After Trump pulled out in 2018 and reimposed sweeping U.S. sanctions, the Islamic Republic breached and has since far surpassed those limits in its escalating program of uranium enrichment.
    Western powers accuse Iran of having an clandestine agenda to develop nuclear weapons capability by enriching uranium to a high level of fissile purity, above what they say is justifiable for a civilian atomic energy program.
    Tehran says its nuclear program is wholly for civilian energy purposes.
    (Production: Liliana Ciobanu)
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