Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that the United States would not remove sanctions against Iran for talks. “Iran wanted me to lift the sanctions imposed on them in order to meet. I said, of course, NO!” Trump tweeted on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier on the same day that leaders of Germany, Britain and France encouraged Iran to hold talks with the United State, which they said would lift all sanctions, according to the official website of Rouhani. “But under sanctions and maximum pressure, even if we want to negotiate with the Americans within the framework of P5+1, nobody can predict about the end and upshot of the negotiation,” he said. (IANS)