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OIL BAN: Trump says he’s willing to meet with Iran’s President Rouhani
President Donald Trump of the United States of America has informed that he is willing to meet with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani over Tehran’s oil ban without preconditions.
Trump made that much known in a Twitter post on Monday during a joint White House news conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
“I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet. I don’t know that they’re ready yet. I ended the Iran deal. It was a ridiculous deal. I do believe that they will probably end up wanting to meet and I’m ready to meet any time that they want to,” he said in Washington, DC, after being asked whether he would be willing to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.
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Trump said he had “no preconditions” for a meeting with the Iranians, adding: “If they want to meet, I’ll meet.”
Trump’s comments are coming after an impending re-imposition of the first batch of sanctions on Iran’s economy forced a serious plunge in the country’s currency.
Reports say Iran’s currency has dropped to an all-time low plunging past 100,000 rials to the US dollar, as Iranians brace for August 7, when US sanctions come into full effect.
According to foreign exchange website Bonbast.com, the Iranian rial plunged to 111,500 against one US dollar on the unofficial market, down from about 97,500 rials on Saturday.
The development is coming days after the government of Iran warned that it won’t partake in one-sided negotiations over its oil ban with the United States while under threat.
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