Hassan Rouhani says Iran and US should strike nuclear deal within 3 months Speaking before a crucial meeting at the United Nations between Iran's foreign minister and his counterparts from six world powers, including John Kerry, the US secretary of state, Mr Rouhani said Tehran wanted a quick resolution to the nuclear question. The only way forward is for a timeline to be inserted into the negotiations that's short-and wrap it up. That is a decision of my government, that short is necessary to settle the nuclear file," he told the Washington Post. He also said that Iran would be open to additional inspection by the international community, along the lines of those accepted 2003 to 2005, and did not rule out a meeting with Mr Obama that White House officials said had proved too "complicated" during Mr Obama's visit to the UN on Tuesday. If Mr Obama and I were to get together, we would both be looking at the future, and the prospects ahead and our hopes for that future. The notes and letters and exchanges between us are in that direction, and they will continue. We need a beginning point. I think that is the nuclear issue," he said. Earlier, speaking on CNN, Mr Rouhani said he accepted that the Holocaust had taken place and condemned the "crime" of mass killings of Jews by the Nazis. The comments puts an end to eight years of Holocaust denial under his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.