‘They wanted dialogue and I agreed’: Trump claims Iran seeks dialogue

President of the United States Donald Trump According to an interview with The Atlantic, he said on Sunday that Iran’s new leadership wanted to talk to him and he agreed.“They want to talk and I agree to talk, so I will talk to them. They should have done it sooner. They should provide something very practical and easy to do as soon as possible. They’ve waited too long,” Trump said in an interview at his residence in Florida.Trump did not specify who he would talk to or whether the talks would take place on Sunday or Monday, but he noted that some Iranians involved in the negotiations have died in recent weeks.

“Most of them are gone. Some of the people we dealt with are gone, too, because it was a big blow,” he said. “They should have done it sooner, Michael. They could have made a deal. They should have done it sooner. They were being so cute.”iranian president Massoud Pezeshkian After Khamenei’s death, a leadership council composed of himself, the justice minister and members of the powerful Council of Guardians temporarily assumed the responsibilities of the supreme leader.Asked whether he would be willing to extend the U.S. bombing campaign in Iran to support a popular uprising if a popular uprising broke out, “If it takes some time to overthrow the regime, will they continue to have support?” Trump was noncommittal. “I have to see the circumstances when it happened, Michael. You can’t answer that question,” he said. But the president also expressed confidence that the uprising is about to succeed, noting signs of celebration in the streets of Iran and support rallies among the Iranian diaspora in New York and Los Angeles. “It’s going to happen. You’re seeing this and I think it’s going to happen. A lot of people there, in Los Angeles and a lot of other places are very happy,” he said. Trump told the magazine he was pleased with the response of the Iranian people so far. “Knowing that this is very dangerous, knowing that I’m telling everyone to stay where they are — I think this is a very dangerous place to be right now,” he told me. “People were cheering in the streets over there, but at the same time, there were a lot of bombs falling.”