Tehran 0
5 February 2020

President Rouhani stated that “today, America is not the enemy of a government, America is a terrorist today and is conducting a terrorist action, imposing sanctions on a great nation… but it is very important that this does not force us to change our course”. He added that “we want a free logical atmosphere to prevail in the negotiations. They [the U.S.] want to subdue us in a cruel, unequal and uninitiated negotiation… They want to force us to surrender in unequal negotiations, and that is not possible, no matter who the president or government is, our nation will not surrender”.

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