TEHRAN – Wendy Sherman, the former senior U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, said on Monday that Iran is highly unlikely to negotiate with U.S. President Donald Trump.

“Sanctions don’t end malign behavior. They can focus choices including coming to negotiate. But Iran highly unlikely to negotiate w/ @realDonaldTrump. More likely Iran waits for 2020 election. Resistance is often watchword,” Sherman tweeted.

In another tweet, she said that “when Europe began negotiating w/ Iran in early 2000s, Iran had 164 centrifuges. After punishing sanctions imposed and enforced, crushing their economy, Iran had 19,000 centrifuges by 2013.”

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