Nuclear deal: I’m open to meeting Iran’s leaders – Trump

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Nuclear deal: I’m open to meeting Iran’s leaders – Trump

United States President Donald Trump says he is open to meeting Iran’s supreme leader or president as the two countries began talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.

Trump, after a meeting last week to outline a framework for a potential nuclear deal, which a US official described as yielding very good progress, said, “I think we’re going to make a deal with Iran.”

When asked whether he was open to meeting Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei or President Masoud Pezeshkian, Trump replied: “Sure.”

The Republican, who in 2018 pulled the US out of a 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, has warned of military action against Iran unless a new deal is swiftly reached to prevent it developing nuclear weapons.

Asked if the US would join a war against Iran should Israel take action, he responded: “I may go in very willingly if we can’t get a deal. If we don’t make a deal, I’ll be leading the pack.”

Iran, since 2019 has reportedly breached and far surpassed the 2015 deal’s limits on its uranium enrichment, producing stocks far above what the West says is necessary for a civilian energy programme.