Tehran 0
15 July 2019

During a visit to New York, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told a U.S. media outlet that “once those [U.S.] sanctions are lifted, then ... the room for negotiation is wide open”. He reiterated that “it is the U.S. that left the bargaining table. And they're always welcome to return”. Zarif also asserted that “I do not believe that President Trump wants war. But I believe that people are around him who wouldn’t mind”.

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