‘Humiliation’ Iranian officials REBUFF Donald Trump’s meeting offer as tensions ESCALATE

President Trump instructed on Monday a gathering between the leaders might happen, only a week after threatening the Middle Eastern nation in a fiery tweet.

The US chief’s proposition was rejected by a collection of Iranian officers, together with Ali Motahari, the deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament.

Speaking to the Official Islamic Republic News Agency, he stated: “Today, negotiations with the US deliver humiliation.

“For now, it’s not applicable to speak to the US.

“If Trump had not withdrawn from the nuclear deal and not imposed sanctions on Iran, there would be no problem with negotiations with America.”

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, chairman of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, added: “As long as the Americans bring up negotiations with a forceful attitude, there will be no negotiations.”

This sentiment was echoed by the pinnacle of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), who acknowledged Iran wouldn’t buckle to requests for negotiations like North Korea.

IRGC commander Mohammad Ali Jafari advised Fars News company: “Mr Trump, Iran is just not North Korea, we is not going to settle for your supply for a gathering.

“Even US presidents after you will not see that day.”

The US administration’s determination to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear deal has empowered fervent critics of the US in Iran, advocating for decreased engagement.

Moderate Iranian politicians, together with President Rouhani, have additionally taken an more and more hard-line stance in response to the US’s reimplementation of sanctions, which have prompted financial injury to the nation.

President Rouhani threatened to disrupt oil shipments by way of the Strait of Hormuz if renewed US sanctions strangle Iran’s oil gross sales.

He stated: “No one who actually understanders politics would say they may block Iran’s oil exports, and we’ve many straits, the Strait of Hormuz is simply a type of.

“Mr Trump, we’re the sincere males who’ve all through historical past assured the security of the area’s waterways.

“Do not play with the lion’s tail, it will bring regret.”

President Trump responded positively, stating: “To Iranian President Rouhani: Never, ever threaten the United States once more or you’ll undergo penalties the likes of which few all through historical past have suffered earlier than.

“We are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. Be cautious!”

President Trump’s supply of holding a gathering with out preconditions contradicts statements made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who acknowledged on CNBC on Monday that preconditions did exist earlier than a gathering might happen.

The US official outlined 12 calls for in May that the federal government of Iran must meet earlier than the US would contemplate coming into into a brand new nuclear settlement with the nation.

A senior official on the State Department additionally indicated on Tuesday that Mr Pompeo is not going to meet his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, at a gathering of south-east Asian nations in Singapore this weekend.