Iran Press/Iran news: Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with NBC on Monday said: "Our option is to resist any pressure but if the US is looking for one way to get out of this situation and to save its face, there is a solution".
The Iranian top diplomat reiterated that Tehran is not looking for tensions but that it will defend itself in case of aggression.
Iran does not want a war with the US but Donald Trump must lift harsh economic sanctions on Tehran to clear the way for negotiations, Zarif expressed.
"Once those sanctions are lifted, then ... the room for negotiation is wide open," Zarif added.
Iranian FM said Iran had no interest in securing a nuclear arsenal, though it could have built the bomb if it wanted to.
"Had we been interested in developing nuclear weapons, we would have been able to do it a long time ago," Zarif said.
Iranian Foreign Minister said he did not think the two countries (Iran-US) were on the verge of war, saying neither his government nor Trump was seeking armed conflict.
"I do not believe that President Trump wants war. But I believe that people are around him who wouldn't mind," Zarif said.
Zarif, who is in New York to attend a high-profile UN meeting on sustainable development, noted that Iran's market is open to American businesses, saying that the US has deprived itself of the Iranian market.
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