Iran denies that its President Hassan Rouhani wrote an editorial for German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung in which he said his country seeks to strengthen its ties with the U.S. and other Western powers.

Iran’s presidential advisor Mohammad Reza Sadeq denied the attribution of the article to Rouhani as ‘complete falsehood’, according to Press TV.

“Iran cannot forget everything that has affected relations with the United States over the last 60 years,” the Iranian President was quoted as having written. "We must now concentrate on the present and orientate ourselves towards the future."

Sadeq said that such an editorial never existed.

“Irrespective of the content, Dr. Rouhani has not sent any note or piece of writing to this German publication and attributing this contribution to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s President is a lie,” he told state-run news agency IRNA.