Iran sees no need to negotiate Mideast issues with US: Shamkhani

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic is not willing to negotiate Middle East issues with the United States, stressing that Washington cannot act as “judge, jury and executioner” in the troubled region.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani made the remarks in an interview with the French daily Le Monde, which was published on Friday.

“Concerning the Middle East issues, we neither have any intention to negotiate with the US nor do we have any inclination or see any need to do so,” he said.
He said US President Donald Trump’s words and deeds have always been contradictory during his tenure, adding that he “understands all matters using the economic logic, and does not have a correct comprehension of international relations.”

“However, we do not seek tension in the region [either] as we consider it to be to the detriment of regional stability,” the official added.