Iran, US not engaged in any negotiations: Zarif

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says there are no talks underway between Iran and the United States, reminding how Washington has proven to be an untrustworthy negotiation partner.

“The Americans proved that one cannot rely on the results of talks with them,” Zarif told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s news agency, IRIB News.

Asked about remarks by some analysts pointing to the notion of talks between Tehran and Washington, the top diplomat said, “Almost the entire world has come to this conclusion that if it should seek any negotiation with the US, Washington could ignore the [ensuing] agreement any time,” the agency reported on its website on Tuesday.

The US has turned its back on several international agreements under its current administration that is helmed by President Donald Trump. The forsaken deals include a 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers.

Zarif said the current US administration should rather rectify its attitude than “to come up with excuses.”

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