Iran cites new sanctions to spurn talks with Trump

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Iran is citing U.S. sanctions on a major petrochemical company to justify spurning new talks with President Trump.

“Only one week was needed for [Trump’s] claim that he was ready to negotiate with Iran to be proven hollow,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Saturday in remarks carried by state-run media.

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