Apr 7, 2025 - Politics & Policy
Trump reveals Iran talks
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President Trump said in a surprise announcement this afternoon that the U.S. has been holding "direct talks" with Iran and that a "very big meeting" involving "very high-level" officials will be taking place this Saturday.
- Trump has repeatedly warned that Iran must sign a new nuclear deal or face military strikes. Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had ruled out direct talks with the U.S. so long as Trump kept his "maximum pressure" policy in place, Axios' Barak Ravid writes.
💥 "I think everyone agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious," Trump said from the Oval Office alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- "And the obvious is not something that I want to be involved with, or frankly, that Israel wants to be involved with, if they can avoid it," he said.
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