Iran is open to negotiations if the United States shows "sincerity", President Hassan Rouhani said late on Monday, but added that such talks would be meaningless while the country is being burdened with more sanctions.
"It was Trump and his administration that left the talks and turned their back on negotiations. The sanctions and the actions they take are against the people of Iran and Iran's national interests," the president said in a live TV interview hours before the US renewed sanctions on Tehran, his official website reported.
He made the comments in reference to statements by US President Donald Trump and his senior aides raising the possibility of face-to-face talks with Rouhani with "no preconditions".
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