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Iran rules out direct talks with US while Trump exerts ‘maximum pressure’

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran [Iranian Presidency Office via AP]

Iran will not engage in direct talks with the United States on his country’s nuclear programme amid US President Donald Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” against it, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.

His remarks came a day after the US imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iran’s oil industry, the Iran’s main source of income.

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