DUBAI, February 27. /TASS/. Iran would consider resuming talks with the US if Washington proves it can negotiate in good faith, President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
"There is no need to be afraid of sanctions. Some say we have no choice but to sit at the negotiating table [with the US]. But we have not said that we will not negotiate. What we will not do is bow to con artists," the presidential press service quoted Pezeshkian as saying. "We have a saying: 'First prove your kinship and then claim your inheritance,'" he pointed out, noting that one cannot impose sanctions first and then propose to negotiate.
According to the Iranian president, the Americans are asking that Iran give up its weapons so that the US "can bomb the country at will."
On Monday, the country’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that Iran sees no possibility of resuming talks with the US as long as Washington continues to use the language of threats and pressure.
On February 7, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that it was impossible to negotiate with the United States because it had already deceived Tehran once. Washington concluded a nuclear deal, failed to fulfill its terms, did not lift anti-Iran sanctions and unilaterally terminated the agreement, Khamenei recalled.