Have constant exchanges with President Trump. I share his goals, sometimes we say we dont agree on methods. But i want to get there. I want to have an agreement. And i think theres been a true change. This morning president rouhani showed himself to be open to this meeting happening and President Trump has been saying for weeks that hes been demanding, hes been tough, hes put sanctions, but im ready to have a meeting to make a deal. I think were making progress. I want this meeting to happen and i want there to be an agreement between the United States and iran and france will play the role together with United Kingdom and germany and all the other Signatory Powers and the permanent members of the security council. Iran is a country that is not the same country that it was two and a half years ago when i came into office. Iran was the number one state of terror throughout the world. There were 18 sites of confliction in my first week when i spoke with the folks at the pentagon, includi
generals and lots of other military experts. 18 sites of confliction, meaning 18 sites of big problems. every one of them was backed by iran or in some cases actually using iranian soldiers. but at a minimum, iranian wealth. much of it given in the ridiculous deal where they were given $150 billion, plus 1.8 billion in cash. and they used that money for some bad purposes. with that being said, i think that iran is a country of tremendous potential. we re not looking for leadership change. we re not looking for that kind of change. this country has been through that many times before. that doesn t work. we re looking for no nuclear weapons, no ballistic missiles and a longer period of time. very simple. we can have it done in a very short period of time. and i really believe that iran can be a great nation. i would like to see that happen.