Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has flatly rejected Donald Trump’s claims that Tehran had sought talks with Washington, saying that the US president was only giving voice to his “false and unattainable dreams”.

“He knows that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been faced and familiar with American pressures and sanction policies for decades”, Qassemi said, adding that Trump’s “dreams have nothing to do with the existing realities”.

The ministry spokesman said that the US president “should know that the Iranian nation will never bow to the oppressive US pressures, least of all to the rulers who choose sanctions over respect and walls over bridges”.

“Throughout their turbulent but proud history, Iranians have learned how to resist expansionists and bullies and defeat those hostile to Iran”, he added.

Qassemi’s comments were made in response to Trump’s Sunday claims that the Iranian economy had been badly damaged due to US sanctions.

“They [Iran] are not doing well. They want to talk [with the US]”, Trump told reporters at the White House.

Source: AFAgencies