While addressing U.N. General Assembly, Iran’s president said that United States (U.S.) can’t impose negotiations or war on the Islamic Republic amid heightened tensions between the longtime foes over Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers.
Hassan Rouhani in his video message said “Iran is not a bargaining chip in U.S. elections and domestic policy.
Any U.S. administration after the upcoming elections will have no choice but to surrender to the resilience of the Iranian nation.”
Iran refused to hold any kind of talks with U.S. until Washington lifts sanction on Tehran and return to the original agreement.
In retaliation for U.S. pressure, Tehran has scaled back compliance with nuclear capacity limits set by the deal.
U.S. President, Donald Trump in U.N. address said, “We withdrew from the terrible Iran nuclear deal and imposed crippling sanctions on the world’s leading state sponsor of terror”.
Iran denies supporting terrorism.
However the Trump government passed new sanctions on Iran to support the U.S. assertion that all United Nations sanctions against Tehran that were lifted under the 2015 agreement are now reinstated.
That move was rejected by key European allies as well as U.S. adversaries such as Russia and China who are all parties to the nuclear accord.
“This is a victory not just for Iran, but for the global community – during the transitional international order in the post-Western world – that an aspirant to hegemony is humiliated in such self-created isolation,” Rouhani said, referring to the Trump administration.