Tehran (IP) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated that lifting of US illegal sanctions against Iran is not a precondition for negotiations, but a reality.

Iran PressIran News: Referring to the American economic terrorism against the Iranian people in the context of the outbreak of Coronavirus, the Iranian president said, "The lifting of illegal sanctions is not a precondition for negotiations, but a reality."

Hassan Rouhani, in a meeting with producers and activists of the country's petrochemical and steel industries on Monday evening, said that the enemies thought that Tehran would be forced to contact them after the sanctions and the economic war against the Iranian nation. 

“During more than two years that have passed since the most severe economic sanctions were imposed against Iran, they themselves have repeatedly called for negotiations,” added Rouhani.

Rouhani described the doubling of production of petrochemical and steel products in the last seven years as the result of valuable action and the great art of Iranian producers, specialists, experts and workers, and He stated: "This increase in production has created a great change in the steel and petrochemical industries of the country."

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