New Delhi, March 28 -- Former diplomat Vidya Bhushan Soni on Friday said that Iran is unlikely to accept conditions imposed by the United States, calling recent remarks by US President Donald Trump contradictory and part of a broader negotiating strategy.

Reacting to Trump's statement that Iran is "begging for a deal," Soni said, "I think it's amazing. I also watched the meeting with the cabinet, which President Trump held yesterday. And was quite amazed how the same president can contradict himself in the same statement. On the one hand, he is asking Iran to come to the negotiating table; otherwise, they will be destroyed. On the other hand, they are saying they are great negotiators, if you had seen the statement which he made. And the...