Iran has not will to hold talks with the United States unless all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday.
Rouhani's statements came a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to end a nuclear standoff.
"Tehran has never wanted nuclear weapons," Rouhani noted in his speech broadcast live on state television, adding that the country was always ready to hold talks, Reuters reported.
"But first the US should act by lifting all illegal, unjust and unfair sanctions imposed on Iran," he stressed.
"We will continue to scale back our commitments under the 2015 deal if our interests are not guaranteed."
Trump said on Monday he would meet Iran's president under the right circumstances to end a confrontation over Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers and that talks were underway to see how countries could open credit lines to keep Iran's economy afloat.
However, speaking at a G7 summit in the French resort of Biarritz, Trump ruled out lifting economic sanctions to compensate for losses suffered by Iran.
Trump pulled Washington out of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and reimposed sanctions on the Iranian economy.
For its part, Iran has scaled back its commitments under the pact in retaliation to US sanctions. According to Reuters, Trump and Rouhani are both due to attend the United Nations General Assembly in September.
