Iran Press/Iran news: Seyyed Abbas Mousavi answering a question on US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's suggestion to have an interview with Iranian media said: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's trip to New York and his interviews with international media was a successful and absorbing news event.
He added: US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's aim from this suggestion was a psychological operation and a response to Iranian foreign minister Zarif's dialogue with US public opinion.
Earlier on 26 June, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo had said in an interview with Bloomberg TV that he would like to go to Iran for talks, amid tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Pompeo also said that as Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks to the media in New York, he also wants to get in touch with the media in Tehran.
The Head of the IRIB's Press TV, Peyman Jebelli suggested on Sunday that the Iranian English language TV channel had no plans for an interview with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.
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Jebelli's words came after Iranian government spokesman answered the request of the US Secretary of State to have a word with Iranians, saying that Mike Pompeo can be interviewed by Iranian media anchor Marzieh Hashemi.
Today (Monday 29 July) US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo in his Twitter page pointed to an upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia and UAE and again requested to travel to Iran.
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