Talks with the US are impossible unless Washington changes its pressure policy, the Iranian foreign minister said on Sunday, as Iran prepares to respond to President Donald Trump’s letter proposing negotiations on a new nuclear deal.

Iran this month received a letter from Trump giving it two months to decide whether it would enter new negotiations or face stricter sanctions under a renewed “maximum pressure” campaign.

While Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the offer for talks as deceptive, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday that Tehran would soon reply to both the letter’s threats and opportunities.

On Sunday Araghchi added that Iran was not opposed to talks out of “stubbornness,” but rather as a result of history and experience, adding that Washington needs to........

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