Iran favours talks if US lifts sanctions: President Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday said that Tehran favours talks with the US if it lifts sanctions against the country.

Rouhani said Iran favours talks and negotiations if the US really wants to talk, before anything else it should lift all sanctions.

Tensions between Iran and the US have been rising since US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the nuclear deal in May 2018 and



began imposing sanctions on Iran.

Meanwhile, the US Ambassador on Disarmament Robert Wood said, Iran simply needs to make up its mind to decide what it wants to do. 

Wood said, the US President has already shown his willingness to sit down and have a discussion with Iran but US authorities are not sure that Iran wants to have that discussion.