US EditionTrump agrees to speak to Iran’s interim leadership: Report
- On March 1, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed to speak with Iran's new leadership, adding `They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them` in a phone interview with The Atlantic from his Florida residence.
- Following coordinated strikes, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion in a decapitation campaign after months of escalating tensions.
- Asked about timing, Trump said `Most of those people are gone` and told Fox News the strikes killed at least 48 Iranian leaders.
- Iran vowed retaliation as Ali Larijani warned the strikes set the nation ablaze, while the U.S. Army announced three US service members killed and five seriously wounded.
- Iran has named an interim leadership council led by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to serve until a new supreme leader is chosen, while Oman and Indonesia offered mediation as Iran signals openness to serious efforts to stop escalation.
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U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continued for a second day on Sunday after the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw the future of the Islamic Republic into uncertainty and raised the risk of regional instability.
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Washington Top NewsIran suggests it's open to US talks, White House official says, and Trump is 'eventually' willing
Iran’s “new potential leadership” has suggested it's open for talks with the United States after the American and Israeli attack.
American President Donald Trump (Trump) said today that the Iranians want to talk to him and added that they will do so, but without specifying exactly when.
Iran strikes: Trump 'agreed to talk' with Iran's leaders
US President Trump signals new talks between him and the Iranian leadership are coming The US military has confirmed three of its troops have been killed in action amid clashes with Iran Israel says it has launched a series of 'extensive' strikes in the 'heart of Tehran' on Sunday Iran's chief of army staff and defense minister have been killed in Israeli strikes, the IDF says Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran has the 'legitimate…
Trump says he agreed to talk with Iran while calling attacks 'ahead of schedule'
On Saturday, before the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader was announced, Iran's foreign minister said that Tehran is 'interested in de-escalation,' but that 'attacks should stop first, and then there is a possibility to talk'
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