Tuesday 22 / April / 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday rebuked the idea of direct negotiations with US President Donald Trump's administration over its nuclear program.
Pezeshkian: US must 'build trust' after earlier breached promises
"We responded to the US president's letter via Oman and rejected the option of direct talks, but we are open to indirect negotiations," Pezeshkian said during a sitdown with his cabinet broadcast on Iranian TV.
"We don't avoid talks; it's the breach of promises that has caused issues for us so far," Pezeshkian said. "They must prove that they can build trust."
During Trump's first term in 2018, he pulled the US out of a nuclear agreement with Iran known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
That deal provided sanctions relief for Iran, with the Iranian government in exchange curbing its nuclear program and allowing inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to periodically view its enrichment sites. France, Germany, Russia, the UK and the EU are some of the other parties signed onto the JCPOA.
