Heather Nauert evaded identifying the US specific official
who would attend the meeting or if it would have been Trump himself. She said
not more than "They did turn down a meeting with US officials.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Sunday that
US President Donald Trump had called for a meeting with his Iranian counterpart
Hassan Rouhani while during the United Nations General Assembly session but the
the call was rejected by President Rouhani.
"The American side expressed such willingness but it was not
accepted by President Rouhani,” Qasemi said.
However, Ghasemi denied earlier reports that French
President Emmanuel Macron had been prepared to mediate a meeting between the
two presidents.