Rouhani

In a Wednesday telephone call, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed bilateral relations and regional developments with Hassan Rouhani, his Iranian counterpart, now in his final days in office.

The leaders exchanged greetings for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Turkey's Communications Directorate said.

Rouhani also said it was a "tragic event" which, he noted, would be examined in detail. "Iran will punish all those responsible for accidentally knocking down a Ukrainian passenger plane, having confused it with a hostile cruise missile", Rouhani said.

The United States offered to remove all sanctions on Iran in exchange for talks, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sept. 27 upon returning to Tehran from the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to his official website.

Iran will not talk to the United States until all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Aug. 27, a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to try to end a nuclear standoff.

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed on July 7 the uranium enrichment limit it agreed in a 2015 deal with major powers, raising it "as much as necessary".    

Iran will not wage war against any nation, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on TJune 18 in a speech broadcast live on state TV.

President Hassan Rouhani on June 1 suggested Iran may be willing to hold talks if the United States showed it respect, but said Tehran would not be pressured into negotiations, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Iran will not surrender to U.S. pressure and will not abandon its goals even if it is bombed, President Hassan Rouhani said on May 23, stepping up the war of words between the Islamic Republic and the United States.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he favours talks and diplomacy but not under current conditions, state news agency IRNA said late on May 20.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Dec. 19 hailed his country's close ties with Turkey and called for stepped-up economic relations.