US should first return to nuclear deal if it wants to negotiate
face of the US in international courts, so we are not afraid of the negotiating table, legal disputes and wars,” he added, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Last year, US President Donald Trump voiced willingness to meet with Iran’s leadership without preconditions.
“I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” Trump said on July 30, 2018. “I do believe that they will probably end up wanting to meet. I’m ready to meet whenever they want to.”
In May 2018, Trump pulled his country out from the JCPOA and reimposed sanctions against Iran.
On Thursday, Rouhani once again censured the US for imposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying Washington isolated itself, not Iran, by doing so.
He said, except a few, all American allies and even Europe are against the restrictions.
America’s strategic allies, the whole Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, Canada, Mexico, and even public opinion in the US condemn the embargo, said Rouhani.
The US imposed new sanctions on the Islamic Republic after President Donald Trump abandoned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018.
Following the US exit, Iran and the remaining parties – Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany – launched talks to save the accord.
The remaining three European signatories have also designed a financial mechanism, known as INSTEX, which would work to secure trade with Tehran and guarantee Iranian and European companies against sanctions.
Kashmir.
On Monday, Pakistan announced a new crackdown against terrorists and by Thursday, 182 religious schools run by banned groups had been seized, and more than 120 people detained.
Pakistani governments have in the past made similar pledges to stop terrorist attacks being launched from its soil, notably in early 2002, after a raid by Pakistani-based terrorists on India’s Parliament brought the two countries to the brink of war.
Crackdowns have been launched with fanfare but faded out after a while, with the proscribed groups able to survive and continue their operations.
Given the history, India has been skeptical about Pakistan’s latest steps to dismantle terrorist groups, with Indian officials calling the action cosmetic.
But Khan said there was a huge desire to build a peaceful and stable Pakistan.
Pakistani officials say this crackdown is part of a long-planned drive and not a response to Indian anger. The South Asian neighbors have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over Kashmir which they both claim in full but rule in part. Tens of thousands of Algerians defied large contingents of riot police on Friday and resumed mass demonstrations against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika posing the biggest challenge to his 20-year-old rule.
Unusually, one of the most popular imams, or prayer leaders, in Algiers did not pray for the president as he does every Friday, and only wished the best for Algeria and its people, Reuters reported.
Several lawmakers of the ruling FLN party have resigned to join the mass anti-government protests, the private Ashourouq TV station said. No details were immediately available.
Train and metro services in Algiers were suspended without explanation before Algerians gathered once again in several cities to press the 82-year-old Bouteflika to step down.
The ailing Bouteflika is in hospital in Geneva and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. On Thursday he issued his first warning to protesters, saying the unrest, now entering its third week, could destabilize the country.
Swiss police detained Algerian opposition candidate Rachid Nekkaz for trespassing by entering the hospital where Bouteflika is being treated.
He had traveled there to demand to see himself whether the president is fit for office.
“There are 40 million Algerians who want to know, where Algerian President Mr. Abdulaziz Bouteflika is,” he told reporters before entering the facility.
The demonstrations, the largest since the 2011 “Arab Spring”, pose the most substantial threat to the president, who is standing for reelection on April 18.
Many Algerians, tired of the dominance of elderly veterans of the 1954-1962 war of independence against France, are demanding Bouteflika step down, but despite ill health, he has submitted his candidacy papers.
Bouteflika has offered to limit his term after the election – and even to change the “system” that runs the country – but people from different classes of society, including students and young families, are still on the street.