Trump Called Iranian Delegation Eight Times: Official
TEHRAN (Dispatches) – U.S. President Donald Trump called the Iranian delegation at the UN General Assembly in September eight times to talk to President Hassan Rouhani who rejected it, a government official said here Wedneday.
"Trump called us eight times but we didn’t respond,” said Mahmoud Vaezi, the presidential chief of staff, told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
He made remarks in response to Trump’s statement Thursday that he expected Iran to call him and request a new deal.
"Iran at some point will call me and ask for a deal, and we’ll make a deal,” he said. "They are feeling a lot of pain right now,” he added.
Trump pulled the U.S. out of the 2015 nuclear accord in May, pledging to reimpose "the highest level” of sanctions on Iran.
In a video clip aired Tuesday by Israeli television, PM Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that the occupying regime of Israel was responsible for Trump’s decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal.
"We convinced the U.S. president (to exit the deal) and I had to stand up against the whole world and come out against this agreement,” Netanyahu says in the video. "And we didn’t give up.”
Hussein Mousavian, a member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team in 2000s, said last month U.S. Vice President Mike Pence had called Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and invited Rouhani to Trump’s dinner.
"Trump called us eight times but we didn’t respond,” said Mahmoud Vaezi, the presidential chief of staff, told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
He made remarks in response to Trump’s statement Thursday that he expected Iran to call him and request a new deal.
"Iran at some point will call me and ask for a deal, and we’ll make a deal,” he said. "They are feeling a lot of pain right now,” he added.
Trump pulled the U.S. out of the 2015 nuclear accord in May, pledging to reimpose "the highest level” of sanctions on Iran.
In a video clip aired Tuesday by Israeli television, PM Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that the occupying regime of Israel was responsible for Trump’s decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal.
"We convinced the U.S. president (to exit the deal) and I had to stand up against the whole world and come out against this agreement,” Netanyahu says in the video. "And we didn’t give up.”
Hussein Mousavian, a member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team in 2000s, said last month U.S. Vice President Mike Pence had called Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and invited Rouhani to Trump’s dinner.