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The head of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations said on Tuesday that Tehran saw no value in U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to meet the Iranian president for talks without preconditions.
It is not a good time for Iran to negotiate with the United States, a senior Iranian parliamentarian said on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet Iran's leader without preconditions."If Trump had not withdrawn from (Iran's) nuclear deal (with world powers) and had not imposed sanctions on Iran, there would be no problem with negotiations with America," Ali Motahari, the deputy speaker of parliament, was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA."But negotiating with the Americans would be a humiliation now," he said. 
Senior Iranian MP says it's not a good time for Iran-US talks
Iran said on Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump was mistaken to expect Saudi Arabia and other oil producers to compensate for supply losses caused by U.S. sanctions on Iran, after OPEC production rose only modestly in July.The comments, from Iran’s OPEC governor, came a day after a Reuters survey showed OPEC production rose by 70,000 barrels per day in July. Saudi production increased but was offset by a decline in Iranian supply due to the restart of U.S. sanctions, the survey found.'I would meet Iran without preconditions': Trump"It seems President Trump has been taken hostage by Saudi Arabia and a few producers when they claimed they can replace 2.5 million barrels per day of Iranian exports, encouraging him to take action against Iran,” Hossein Kazempour Ardebili told Reuters.UN plans talks with Iran, Russia, Turkey on Syria constitutional panel"Now they and Russia sell more oil and more expensively. Not even from their incremental production but their stocks."He said oil prices, which Trump has been pressuring the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to bring down by raising output, will rise unless the United States grants waivers to buyers of Iranian crude."They are also calling for the use of the U.S. SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve). This will also mean higher prices. U.S. waivers to our clients if they come is due to the failure of bluffers (Saudi and the other producers) and, if not given, will again push the prices higher," he said.'Returning to nuclear deal can pave way for talks with US': Rouhani ally"So they hanged him (Trump) on the wall. Now they want to have a mega OPEC, congratulations to President Trump, Russia and Saudi Arabia.”OPEC governors represent their respective country on the organisation’s board of governors and are typically the second most senior person in a country's OPEC delegation after the oil minister.“The longer-term solution, Mr President, is to support and facilitate capacity building in all countries, proportionate to their reserves of oil and gas. And we will remain the biggest opportunity,” Kazempour said. 
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"Based on our bad experiences in negotiations with America and based on the U.S. officials' violation of their commitments, it is natural that we see no value in Trump’s proposal," Kamal Kharazi was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.