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Iranian Adviser: US Must Return to Nuclear Deal for Talks

by Associated Press

   An adviser to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says if President Donald
   Trump wants talks, he needs to rejoin the international nuclear deal
   that he unilaterally pulled out of earlier this year.

   Trump on Monday said he'd meet with Rouhani if the Iranian leader were
   willing.

   Iranian leadership has previously ruled out one-on-one talks with Trump
   after his decision to pull the United States out of the deal under
   which Iran was given relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its
   nuclear program.

   Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency quoted political adviser Hamid
   Aboutalebi as saying Tuesday that for talks to happen, the U.S. needs
   to rejoin the deal.

   Aboutalebi says "those who believe in dialogue as a method of resolving
   disputes in civilized societies should be committed to the means."