Iran Press/America: "We're not looking for regime change, we're looking for no nuclear weapons," Donald Trump said at a press conference on Monday in Tokyo, adding that he thinks "we'll make a deal" with Tehran, France Presse reported.
While Donald Trump said he 'doesn't think Iran wants to fight', US President said the country will send about 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East for 'protective' purposes.
In fact, the American president, who is on a visit to address trade differences with Tokyo, is trying to use Shinzo Abe's good relations with Iran to find a way out of his self-made crisis.
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn shortly before departing for a trip to Japan on Friday, Trump said the purpose of this deployment is to increase the security of forces already in the region.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated his country's rejection of the US's increase in military deployments to the region while on a visit to Pakistan.
Iran "will see the end of Trump, but he will never see the end of Iran," Zarif said during his trip to the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday before the US announced the troop increase.
Zarif made the comment, reacting to an earlier claim by Trump that “if Iran wants a war with the US, that would be the official end of Iran.”
Zarif further noted that Trump’s remarks indicate he does not know history, Iranian people and that his claims regarding Iran and the Iranian people are lies.
Also, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi recently in an article published by the Washington Post said: "The United States’ approach toward Iran has no clarity or cohesiveness. Instead, the policy is driven by an obsessional antagonism."
"The United States’ proposal on dialogue with Iran faces three major hurdles. First, history shows that genuine talks cannot be productive if they are coupled with intimidation, coercion, and sanctions. A dialogue can succeed if both sides accept the principle of mutual respect and then act on equal footing. Second, the Trump administration does not speak with a united voice on the need for a dialogue with Iran. Those who are eager to provoke a conflict are working to sabotage the possibility of useful and meaningful dialogue," Takht Ravanchi concluded.
Responding to US numerous offers to negotiate, Iran has stated that it cannot trust a government that violated its previous agreements and it will not sit down for re-negotiations. Iran has cited its long protracted negotiations with the 5+1 Group countries that had led to the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA), stressing that only when the sanctions are lifted and US returns to the JCPOA, will Iran be ready to consider a new round of negotiations. 104/211
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