The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, on Sunday, said talks with the US are impossible unless Washington changes its pressure policy. This is as Iran prepares to respond to President Donald Trump’s letter proposing negotiations on a new nuclear deal.

Tehran not opposed to negotiations out of 'stubbornness,' says Abbas Araghchi, but has learned from past experiences with US

Talks with the United States are no longer possible unless certain things change, Iranian state media reported Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi as saying on Sunday as Washington awaits a response to its invitation for talks on a new nuclear deal.

China and Russia are both permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, along with France and Britain, that took part in the original 2015 Iran nuclear deal preliminary framework agreement. Trump withdrew America from the accord in 2018, setting in motion years of tensions in the wider Middle East.