Trump: We are ready to reach a real deal with Iran
Two days after the US President issued a sharp warning in a tweet about Iran's behavior, Donald Trump still considered it possible to negotiate an agreement on Iran's denuclearization.
Speaking to US veterans, Mr Trump said: "We'll see what happens, but we're ready to make a real deal. Not the one that was made under the previous administration and was a disaster."
The president, who had been a strong critic of the nuclear deal with Iran since his election campaign and had repeatedly called it the worst possible agreement, withdrew from the deal on May 8 of this year, after which the process of returning US sanctions against the Islamic Republic began.
The first round of US sanctions against Iran will take effect in less than two weeks, and by the time all unilateral US sanctions against the Islamic Republic are reinstated on November 4 of this year, the US is determined to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero; an issue that was also emphasized during the US Secretary of State's meeting with the Iranian-American community.
Iran, through its Foreign Ministry spokesman, has said that if the United States tries to stop Iranian oil exports, it will face "reciprocal retaliation" from Iran.
This is a topic that has been mentioned several times recently, either implicitly or explicitly, by Hassan Rouhani. For example, on Sunday, he said that America should not play with the lion's tail.
Mr. Rouhani also added that "the group that is in power in America today, if we surrender to them and take a step back, they will plunder all the interests of the nation, and in this situation, we are not afraid and will stand against them until the last drop of our blood."
He had reminded that "talking, negotiating, and speaking against America means nothing but surrender," repeating the position of the Leader of the Islamic Republic, who had said a day earlier, "imagining that solving the country's problems through negotiations or relations with America is a clear mistake."
Mr. Rouhani's remarks on Sunday, however, were followed by a harsh stance from Donald Trump, who warned Hassan Rouhani in a tweet on Sunday night, Washington time, that threatening the United States would have dire consequences for Iran.
On Monday night, US Vice President Mike Pence, referring to Mr. Trump's tweet, warned that the United States would no longer tolerate "violence and terror" from Iran and threats against the United States.
Source: Radio Farda
