Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country won’t agree to direct nuclear talks with the US while President Donald Trump persists with his hard-line policy against the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi rules out the possibility of direct negotiations with the United States regarding Iran’s nuclear program: We will not negotiate under pressure, threat or sanctions.

Iran will not succumb to pressure and sanctions imposed by Washington, the Islamic Republic's top diplomat said on Tuesday after meeting his Russian counterpart, days after Moscow held initial talks with the U.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday dismissed the possibility of direct negotiations with the United States on his country's nuclear programme. "There will be no possibility of direct talks between us and the United States on the nuclear issue as long as the maximum pressure is applied in this way,

The United States has imposed tough new sanctions on Iran, aiming to cut off the country’s oil revenue and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. The State Department announced these sanctions as part of a policy called “maximum pressure,