Iran Press/ America: "We will not offer any unilateral gestures or incentives to induce the Iranians to come to the table. If the Iranians are under the impression that, absent any movement on their part to resume full compliance with the (nuclear deal), that we will offer favors or unilateral gestures, well that’s a misimpression," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
Price suggested Washington would consider each side taking steps to resume compliance with the agreement once they are at the negotiating table, Reuters reports.
"If and only if Tehran comes to the negotiating table would we be in a position, would we be prepared, to discuss proposals that would help push both sides back on that path of mutual compliance to the deal," he said. "Ultimately, that is where we seek to go: compliance for compliance."
Price was referring to the deal between Iran and six major powers. Former U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the deal in 2018 and restored U.S. sanctions on Iran.
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