Iran will not resume negotiations with the United States on its nuclear program while President Donald Trump applies his “maximum pressure” policy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told AFP on Friday.
Iran will maintain talks with other negotiators but will not engage with the US under Trump’s approach of ramping up sanctions, he said in an interview at the Iranian consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Later on Friday, Trump said he had written to Iran warning it to open negotiations or face a military attack.
“I’ve written them a letter, saying I hope you’re going to negotiate because if we have to go in militarily, it’s going to be a terrible thing for them,” he told Fox Business.
Araghchi also warned against an Israeli attack on Iran and said its nuclear program, which it insists is for civilian purposes, could not be destroyed by military means.
