U.S. denies Pres. Trump offered to lift sanctions on Iran to secure a meeting with Iranian Pres. Rouhani during the U.N. General Assembly—contradicting Rouhani's claim that he turned down the last-minute offer.
The U.S. is denying that President Donald Trump offered to lift sanctions on Iran in order to secure a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly -- contradicting a claim by Rouhani that he turned down the last-minute offer.
The eleventh-hour effort to bring the two leaders together was orchestrated by European leaders, led by French President Emmanuel Macron. As ABC News reported Thursday, a senior European diplomat said that after Macron and Trump met Tuesday afternoon, Macron met with Rouhain for at least the second time during the U.N. General Assembly.
"America says that it will put Iran under maximum pressure until we talk and negotiate," he said."America must do away with that precondition, take away all of the sanctions and maximum pressure, and wish to conduct talks.
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