Iran: Iran will not bow down to negotiate with the United States

ON 15 JULY, AT LOCAL TIME, ON 14 JULY, THE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN, GARIBABADI, STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THE PASSAGE OF SHIPS IN THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ WAS NOT IMPORTANT TO THE UNITED STATES, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT THAT THE UNITED STATES DID NOT WANT IRAN TO HAVE REAL SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ. GARIBABADI ALSO STATED THAT IRAN HAD NEVER LEFT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD TORN THE ISLAMABAD MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND THAT IRAN COULD NEVER HAVE BOWED TO DEMAND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. (CCTV INTERNATIONAL TIMES)