{"id":502246,"date":"2026-03-15T22:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/trump-claims-the-u-s-is-talking-to-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:16:59","slug":"trump-claims-the-u-s-is-talking-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/international\/trump-claims-the-u-s-is-talking-to-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims the U.S. is \"talking\" to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"In statements to the press aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2033342679543939482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> this Sunday that Washington <strong>is holding talks with Iran<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p>To a journalist's question about whether his Administration is carrying out any diplomatic contact with the Islamic Republic at the moment, the president replied: \"Yes, we are talking to them, but&nbsp;<strong>I don't think they are ready<\/strong>&nbsp;[for an agreement], although they are getting quite close\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Trump says the United States could reach an agreement with Cuba &quot;very soon&quot;\">http:\/\/Trump says the United States could reach an agreement with Cuba \"very soon\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\"I don't know if I want to make a deal. Because, first of all, nobody even knows who you're negotiating with, since most of their leaders have been killed, as you know. So I don't even know if I want to make a deal. <strong>They are desperate to make a deal<\/strong>,\" he declared.\n\nPreviously, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, <a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/593080-canciller-irani-responder-trump-pedir-alto-fuego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> that Iran has never expressed to Washington its desire to reach an agreement. \"<strong>We have never asked for a ceasefire<\/strong>, nor have we even asked for negotiations [on the nuclear program]. We are willing to defend ourselves for as long as necessary,\" he stated in an interview with CBS.\n\nHe also indicated that Tehran <strong>sees \"no reason\"<\/strong> to return to the negotiating table with Washington due to the unprovoked military actions launched for the second time during the talks process.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aggression against Iran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/589438-israel-lanzar-ataque-teheran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/589465-trump-confirma-agresion-eeuu-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA<\/a>\u00a0launched a joint aggression against Iran on the morning of Saturday, February 28, with the declared objective of\u00a0<strong>\"eliminating the threats\"<\/strong>\u00a0of the Islamic Republic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bombings caused the death of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/442388-fallece-lider-supremo-iran-ali-jamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ayatollah<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Ali Jamenei<\/strong>\u00a0and several high-ranking military officials.\u00a0<strong>Mojtab\u00e1 Jamenei<\/strong>, son of the deceased Iranian supreme leader, was elected as his successor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In response to the offensive, Tehran\u00a0has launched numerous waves of ballistic missiles and drones against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/591893-iran-anunciar-ataques-refineria-petroleo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0and against US bases in Middle Eastern countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Likewise,\u00a0<strong>it almost completely blocked the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>, a maritime route through which around 20% of all the oil traded in the world circulates.\u00a0The situation has driven up crude oil prices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new supreme leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/591691-nuevo-lider-supremo-iran-dirigirse-nacion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">addressed<\/a>\u00a0the nation for the first time since his appointment, through a message in which he promises to avenge each of the deaths suffered by the Iranian people. In addition,\u00a0<strong>he described as \"fundamental\" to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>, while asserting that opening other fronts is being considered \"where the enemy has little experience and will be extremely vulnerable\".<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, Washington continues to claim that it is winning the conflict and that the offensive will end \"very soon\", as \"there is nothing left to attack\". For its part, the Iranian Armed Forces\u00a0reported more than 50 waves of attacks against the perpetrators of the aggression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In statements to the press aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump, stated this Sunday that Washington is holding talks with Iran. To a journalist&#8217;s question about whether his Administration is carrying out any diplomatic contact with the Islamic Republic at the moment, the president replied: &#8220;Yes, we are talking to them, but&nbsp;I don&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[15925],"class_list":{"0":"post-502246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-international","7":"tag-donald-trump"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}