No talks under pressure -- Iran responds to Trump's threats, U.S. naval enforcement in Middle East

TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Wednesday rejected any prospect of talks with the United States as long as Washington continues to threaten military action, after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric and announced the deployment of additional U.S. naval forces to the Middle East.

"There can be no negotiations in an atmosphere of threats," Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said, accor