Rouhani Boasts of Turning Down Five U.S. Attempts to Arrange a Meeting with Obama

(Fars-Iran) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday in Tehran: "Before my trip (to New York), the Americans had sent five messages to arrange a meeting between me and Obama, but I turned them down." He added that Iran-U.S. relations are dominated by a "very dark atmosphere," and said decades-long problems cannot be solved in just a few days.