Nuclear deal: I’m open to meeting Iran's leaders

Iran now begs for a deal in face of Trump administration

Trump’s strategy toward Iran rests on three key pillars: withdrawing from the nuclear deal and reimposing crippling economic sanctions, applying military pressure with explicit threats of force.

While Prime Minister Netanyahu is pushing the White House to a pre-emptive bombing attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, President Trump is ready to negotiate. He would even meet with the Ayatollah for this. He prefers an agreement to bombs. Oman will have a third direct meeting between Iranian and US diplomats to discuss the controversial nuclear program of the Islamic Republic. Neither Tehran nor Washington seem to be interested in a warlike es…

Trump says he's open to meeting with Iran's supreme leader, president

'I think we're going to make a deal with Iran,' US president says, adding that he thinks, hopes this can be done without attack on longtime rival - Anadolu Ajansı

Donald Trump says he is ready to meet with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei or the Iranian president to reach an agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, but threatens to be the "first" to resort to force if an agreement is not reached.

Trump Open to Meeting Iran’s Leaders, Sees Chance of Nuclear Deal

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US President Donald Trump this week said he is open to meeting Iran’s supreme leader or president and that he thinks the two countries will strike a new deal on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. However, Trump, who in 2018 pulled the US out of a now moribund nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, repeated …

Trump says he would meet with Iranian supreme leader in Time interview

President Donald Trump said he’d be open to meeting directly with Iran’s president or Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but also suggested that the U.S. could attack Iran to keep it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, in an interview with Time magazine, released on Friday. When asked if he would consider such a meeting, the president responded, “Sure.” Pressed if he is worried Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could “drag you into a wa…