Iranian president: US should end its policy of 'maximum pressure'
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States on Thursday to "cease this policy of maximum pressure" in favor of "dialogue, and logic and reason."
Rouhani's comments came one day after he accused Washington of engaging in "international piracy" against Iran by re-imposing economic sanctions after the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Since then, Iran's economy has been buckling under the weight of the sanctions. On Wednesday, the U.S. imposed more -- this time targeting Iran's ability to sell its oil by imposing penalties on six Chinese companies and their chief executives for continuing to transport Iranian crude.
