US EditionTrump agrees to speak to Iran’s interim leadership: Report
President Trump agreed to talks with Iran's interim leadership after U.S.-Israeli strikes killed top officials, while the military operation continues, officials said.
- 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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The Daily News of NewburyportUS, Israel pound Iran as Trump signals willingness to talk to new leadership
The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on the country’s ballistic missile facilities and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign that accompanied the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian…
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