Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that he is ready to hold talks with US President Donald Trump if the latter agreed to lift all the sanctions imposed on Iran.
During a conference on "insurance and development", he said that he has previously offered to meet Trump while he was in New York in September to take part in the UN General Assembly meeting.
He added that Iran is still committed to the nuclear deal, pointing out that Tehran is willing to meet the US president but all sanctions must be lifted first.
He also stressed the need to secure the routes of Iranian oil tankers.
The P5+1, Russia, China, UK, France, the United States, and Germany made a nuclear agreement with Iran in 2015. Based on the landmark agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activity and world powers lifted the International sanctions that were imposed on Iran.
"Even today, our friends are mediating" between Iran and the United States, said Rouhani, adding "As soon as the United States lifts the wrong, oppressive and terroristic sanctions, the P5+1 leaders can meet. We have no problem with that."
Rouhani remembered the importance of his conversation over the phone with former U.S. President Barack Obama in 2013. He said: "The brief conversation took the negotiations forward like a locomotive.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said on various occasions that he is prepared to negotiate with his Iranian counterpart without preconditions.
Rouhani has also said on numerous occasions that he welcomes negotiations, although he has conditioned such negotiations to America's repenting or returning to the nuclear deal it has left in 2018 or lifting the sanctions.
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