Iran will never hold talks with the
United States under pressure, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told the
United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, but added that lifting all the
sanctions Washington imposed on Tehran and respecting a U.N. Security Council resolution could pave the way for talks.
"Our response to talks under pressure is NO," said Rouhani, but warned that
Iran might exit a 2015
nuclear deal if the European powers failed to salvage the deal.
"We are committed to the nuclear deal ... but Iran's patience has a limit," said the pragmatic president, who was architect of the deal with six powers.