(Bloomberg) -- The new round of U.S. sanctions on Tehran shows the Trump administration isn’t serious about wanting negotiations, Iran’s president said.
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“The U.S. is lying about wanting negotiations,” Hassan Rouhani said in a speech carried live on state TV. Sanctions targeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei show the U.S. behavior is “abnormal,” he said.
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An American drone that Iran shot down last week “ignored several warnings,” he said. “Iran’s airspace is a red line.”
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