Iran says no chance of negotiations, compromise with US

Iran's president said on Wednesday that there was no chance of negotiations or compromise with the United States, allegedly because Washington is seeking to topple the government in Tehran.

In a televised speech, Hassan Rouhani said "the United States says Iran should change" back to the way the country was before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, when it was ruled by a US-supported monarchy.

"We say we won't go back," Rouhani said at a gathering in the northern city of Lahijan.

He said the differences between Iran and the US are so wide, they are "neither negotiable nor can there be a compromise."