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Trump rules out removing Iran sanctions as a precondition for talks

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The United States will not remove sanctions before negotiating with Iran, President Donald Trump said early Sunday.

Seemingly in response to an interview Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif gave to Der Spiegel on Friday, Trump tweeted: “Iranian Foreign Minister says Iran wants to negotiate with The United States, but wants sanctions removed. @FoxNews @OANN No Thanks!” The president posted the same statement in Farsi an hour later.

Zarif shot back soon after, saying Trump “is better advised to base his foreign policy comments & decisions on facts, rather than @FoxNews headlines or his Farsi translators.”

In the same tweet Zarif posted an excerpt of his interview, in which he said Iran would be happy to negotiate if the U.S. removes the economic sanctions, which have significantly hurt Iran’s economy, particularly its oil and gas exports.

“The Trump administration can correct its past, lift the sanctions and come to the negotiating table. We’re still at the negotiating table. They’re the ones who left,” Zarif said in the excerpt he posted on Twitter.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have been high since Trump ordered the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, early this month. Iran retaliated by bombing U.S. bases in Iraq, which didn’t cause fatalities but the U.S. said 34 U.S. troops suffered brain injuries.

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