OIL BAN: Iran says it won’t partake in one-sided negotiations with US

The government of Iran has warned that it won’t partake in one-sided negotiations over its oil ban with the United States while under threat.

“America should forget forever the idea of one-sided negotiations under the shadow of a threat,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Qassemi was quoted by the semi-official Tasnim news agency as saying on Wednesday.

The comments by Qassemi comes days after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and US President Donald Trump engaged in a war of words over the imposition of an oil ban on Tehran.

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Rouhani had warned US of a ‘mother of all wars’ saying America cannot prevent Tehran from exporting oil.

In his reply, Trump fired back at Rouhani warning him in a Twitter post in block letters “NEVER THREATEN THE US AGAIN”.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also blasted Iran’s religious leaders as “hypocritical holy men” whom he says are more interested in lining their pockets and spreading hardline views abroad than helping out their own cash-strapped citizens.

 

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