“I think the Americans aren’t after war since they know what harm it could do them,” Rouhani said during a televised press conference, The Associated Press reported. The Iranian president also maintained that Tehran will not negotiate under Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign or until the U.S. rejoins the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, Reuters noted. But he said Iran will get “the enemy” to the “negotiating table some day.”ADVERTISEMENT“Iran will never negotiate under pressure. ... We will never yield to America’s pressure and we will not negotiate from a position of weakness,” Rouhani said, according to Reuters. Iran will hold parliamentary elections Friday, and Rouhani encouraged Iranians to show up as an act of defiance against the U.S.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 16, 2020 17:37 UTC