Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the United States was engaging in negotiations with his country because their "cruel sanctions" have not yielded the expected results.⁣ ⁣ “If they were sure they could bring us to our knees, they would not negotiate,” Araqchi said at a local summit in the city of Shiraz.⁣ ⁣ Tehran and Washington will hold a fifth round of nuclear talks on Friday in Rome amid strong disagreement over uranium enrichment in Iran.⁣ ⁣ #iran #us #uranium #nuclear #sanctions