Iran’s president says Tehran has rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter from President Donald Trump over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to a letter President Donald Trump sent to the country’s supreme leader.

  • magnetosphere
    44•23 days ago

    “We don’t avoid talks; it’s the breach of promises that has caused issues for us so far,” Pezeshkian said in televised remarks during a Cabinet meeting. “They must prove that they can build trust.”

    This is Trump we’re talking about. He’s setting the standards impossibly high lol

    • insufferableninjaEnglish
      16•23 days ago

      I love that Iran talks about the US leadership the way Ukraine talks about Putin.

  • @Maiq@lemy.lol
    12•23 days ago

    Trump trying to project his power is having the interesting effect of reducing the effect of that power.

  • venotic
    -5•23 days ago

    Kind of surprised here. You’d think Iran would be welcoming Trump’s corruption. Corruption helps corruption.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
      29•23 days ago

      No? Remember that it was Trump that tore up the nuclear treaty Iran had with, well, everyone and reimposed sanctions. They definitely benefit from America being led by an incompetent, corrupt and above all authoritarian president like Trump, but they sure as hell don’t like him and have no interest in being sabotaged by his brand of “diplomacy”.

      • @Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11•23 days ago

        This. There’s no honor among crooks and thieves. If anything this could be the collapse of a lot of other alliances. Russia and Iran’s General cordiality and cooperation has largely been based on shared opposition of the west. Now that our government has been thoroughly corrupted by them and the lunatics who live here. Alienating all our friends and allies. They’ll likely turn their sights on each other.

      • Maeve
        2•23 days ago

        I agreed until you said Iran benefits. They don’t. They’re just surviving until they don’t.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness
          6•23 days ago

          One one hand they definitely benefit from less US soft power and a less efficient US military (because those are often used against them), but on the other hand the US-Russia alliance stands to take away their closest non-proxy ally. It’s a double edged sword, but there are upsides for them.