Hassan Rouhani and u.s

iran: Pompeo repeated long-standing U.S. accusations that Iran is bent on destabilizing the region, but he also held out the possibility of talks as President Donald Trump has suggested, according to Market Watch. Trump himself had raised the idea of talks without preconditions in July 2018, although that was well before tensions had reached their current point. But the United States will not relent in trying to pressure the Islamic Republic to change its behavior in the Middle East, America's top diplomat said. In the 11 months since then, the U.S. has imposed crippling sanctions on Iran, first in November and then again last month, targeting the most lucrative sectors of its economy. Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, said the U.S. must return to the historic 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump withdrew from in May 2018. The action has drawn Iran's ire and strong words of threatened retaliation. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.