US media: Trump says he is "deeply negotiating" with Iran and was once close to holding direct talks

MeNews · 2026-04-05T20:00:18+00:00

ME News Report, April 6 (UTC+8): U.S. President Trump stated in a phone interview that the United States is engaged in "intensive negotiations" with Iran and is hopeful to reach an agreement before the Tuesday deadline. "The chances of reaching an agreement are high, but if they don't, I will destroy everything there," he said. When asked whether he was concerned about harming innocent civilians, Trump indicated that he believed the Iranian public opposing their government would support such strikes to weaken the regime. During the approximately 8-minute phone interview, Trump said his special envoys, Witkoff and Kushner, are engaged in intensive negotiations with Iran. Two sources involved in the talks said communication is taking place both through intermediaries such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, and via text exchanges between Trump’s advisors and Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi. "The negotiations are progressing smoothly, but dealing with Iranians is always difficult to bring to an end," Trump added.

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2026-04-05 20:00:18

ME News message, April 6 (UTC+8). In a telephone interview, U.S. President Trump said the United States is conducting “in-depth negotiations” with Iran, and that an agreement may be reached before the Tuesday deadline. “There is a very good chance of reaching an agreement, but if they don’t, I will destroy everything there,” he said. When asked whether he is concerned about harming innocent civilians, Trump said he believes Iranian people who oppose the government of their own country would support such strikes in order to weaken the regime. During an approximately 8-minute phone interview, Trump said that his special envoy Witkoff and Kushner are engaged in intensive negotiations with the Iranian side. Two people familiar with the negotiations said that communication takes place not only through intermediaries such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, but also through text messages between Trump’s advisers and Iran’s foreign minister Aragchi. “The negotiations are going smoothly, but dealing with Iranians will never be able to get all the way to the finish line,” Trump said. He also said that a few days ago, the two sides were at one point close to an agreement to hold direct talks. “But they said they would meet again in five days. I asked, why is it five days? I think they aren’t serious enough. So I attacked that bridge,” Trump said. (Source: PANews)

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