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Trump: no plans to meet Iran president Hassan Rouhani at the UN despite requests.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani and U.S. President Donald Trump [Courtesy].

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had no plans to meet with Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations "despite requests" to do so.

"Maybe someday in the future. I am sure he is an absolutely lovely man!" Trump tweeted just hours before both leaders were set to speak at the UN General Assembly, and four months after the US president ditched the Iran nuclear deal.

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