Iran reacts to reports on Tillerson’s talks with Zarif

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has reacted to the US Secretary of States remarks on informing Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of the new US strategytowards Tehran.

News ID: 66371

Date: 14 October 2017 - 10:00

In a Friday statement, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Zarif and Rex Tillerson only met each other during the P5+1 multilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York and had no bilateral meeting.

"What Mr Tillerson says is related to his remarks and stancesexpressed at the Foreign Ministers meeting of the P5+1 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly,” said Ghasemi.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman stressed that there was no other meeting or talks between Foreign Minister of Iran and the US Secretary of State.