At his first news conference, Raisi famously simply said “no” when asked if he would meet with President Joe Biden. Asked again Monday in a rare news conference marking his first year in office, as the U.N. General Assembly looms next month, Raisi stuck to his earlier answer, APA reports citing ABC News.
“There is no benefit for a meeting between us and him,” the president said. “Neither for the Iranian nation nor for the interests of our great nation.”