Trump Asked Macron to Organize a Meeting with Rouhani

• 11.03.2017, 12:35
•  America,  Near East,  World

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Just hours after President Trump finished calling Iran a "murderous regime" in his September 19 speech at the United Nations, the administration asked French President Emmanuel Macron for a favor and broker a meeting with Rouhani, The Washington Post reports. 

All three leaders were in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, as was Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who conveyed the request to Macron, according to several administration and foreign officials.

Iran’s response, later that afternoon, was an unequivocal no. The Iranians, the French reported, "don’t believe you’re serious" and thought it was some kind of trick, a senior administration official said.