{"id":502246,"date":"2026-03-15T22:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/trump-claims-the-u-s-is-talking-to-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:16:59","slug":"trump-claims-the-u-s-is-talking-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/trump-claims-the-u-s-is-talking-to-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims the U.S. is &#8220;talking&#8221; to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"In statements to the press aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2033342679543939482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> this Sunday that Washington <strong>is holding talks with Iran<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To a journalist&#8217;s question about whether his Administration is carrying out any diplomatic contact with the Islamic Republic at the moment, the president replied: &#8220;Yes, we are talking to them, but&nbsp;<strong>I don&#8217;t think they are ready<\/strong>&nbsp;[for an agreement], although they are getting quite close&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Trump says the United States could reach an agreement with Cuba &quot;very soon&quot;\">http:\/\/Trump says the United States could reach an agreement with Cuba &#8220;very soon&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I want to make a deal. Because, first of all, nobody even knows who you&#8217;re negotiating with, since most of their leaders have been killed, as you know. So I don&#8217;t even know if I want to make a deal. <strong>They are desperate to make a deal<\/strong>,&#8221; he declared.\n\nPreviously, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, <a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/593080-canciller-irani-responder-trump-pedir-alto-fuego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> that Iran has never expressed to Washington its desire to reach an agreement. &#8220;<strong>We have never asked for a ceasefire<\/strong>, nor have we even asked for negotiations [on the nuclear program]. We are willing to defend ourselves for as long as necessary,&#8221; he stated in an interview with CBS.\n\nHe also indicated that Tehran <strong>sees &#8220;no reason&#8221;<\/strong> to return to the negotiating table with Washington due to the unprovoked military actions launched for the second time during the talks process.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aggression against Iran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/589438-israel-lanzar-ataque-teheran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/589465-trump-confirma-agresion-eeuu-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA<\/a>\u00a0launched a joint aggression against Iran on the morning of Saturday, February 28, with the declared objective of\u00a0<strong>&#8220;eliminating the threats&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0of the Islamic Republic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bombings caused the death of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/442388-fallece-lider-supremo-iran-ali-jamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ayatollah<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Ali Jamenei<\/strong>\u00a0and several high-ranking military officials.\u00a0<strong>Mojtab\u00e1 Jamenei<\/strong>, son of the deceased Iranian supreme leader, was elected as his successor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In response to the offensive, Tehran\u00a0has launched numerous waves of ballistic missiles and drones against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/591893-iran-anunciar-ataques-refineria-petroleo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0and against US bases in Middle Eastern countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Likewise,\u00a0<strong>it almost completely blocked the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>, a maritime route through which around 20% of all the oil traded in the world circulates.\u00a0The situation has driven up crude oil prices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new supreme leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/591691-nuevo-lider-supremo-iran-dirigirse-nacion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">addressed<\/a>\u00a0the nation for the first time since his appointment, through a message in which he promises to avenge each of the deaths suffered by the Iranian people. In addition,\u00a0<strong>he described as &#8220;fundamental&#8221; to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>, while asserting that opening other fronts is being considered &#8220;where the enemy has little experience and will be extremely vulnerable&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, Washington continues to claim that it is winning the conflict and that the offensive will end &#8220;very soon&#8221;, as &#8220;there is nothing left to attack&#8221;. For its part, the Iranian Armed Forces\u00a0reported more than 50 waves of attacks against the perpetrators of the aggression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In statements to the press aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump, stated this Sunday that Washington is holding talks with Iran. To a journalist&#8217;s question about whether his Administration is carrying out any diplomatic contact with the Islamic Republic at the moment, the president replied: &#8220;Yes, we are talking to them, but&nbsp;I don&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[15925],"class_list":["post-502246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-international","tag-donald-trump"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26EK","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}