Iran rejects ‘meaningless’ direct talks with US | Nuclear Weapons News

As war of words over nuclear weapons deal escalates, FM Araghchi says he wants talks on ‘equal footing’.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has described the prospect of direct negotiations on its nuclear programme with the United States as “meaningless” amid mounting tensions between the two countries.

Araghchi’s remarks came in a statement on Sunday, after Trump said last month in a letter sent to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that he hoped there would be a…