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US President Donald Trump has said that Iran wants to negotiate a deal with him, but added that it is “not the kind of deal I would accept”.
Trump has time and again reiterated that Iran wants to strike a deal with the US, a claim rejected by Tehran officials, who have indicated that there is no scope for negotiation.
“Iran suffered a crushing defeat and wants to strike a deal, but not the kind I would accept,” the president said.
Trump has told G7 leaders that Iran is “about to surrender” but failed to outline the war’s goals or a timeline to end it, according to Axios.
In a meeting of G7 leaders convened by French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump on Wednesday said that Iran was “about to surrender” and boasted “I got rid of a cancer that was threatening us all” about killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, people briefed on the call told Axios.
But Iran has not indicated it would surrender any time soon. A day after Trump’s remarks to allies, Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of Iran, vowed to continue fighting and declared Iran would continue to block the Strait of Hormuz — the closure has halted up to 20-25 per cent of the world’s seaborne oil and gas trade and sent prices soaring to their highest point in years.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has ruled out the possibility of a ceasefire with the US.
“Even if they [US and Israel] request a ceasefire, this has to be put forward when Iran is certain they will not attack again, and they have accepted responsibility for their actions. They cannot just come to us and say ceasefire, and we say OK,” he said.
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View AllHis comments come after Trump said that the Iran war “will be finished pretty quickly” as the conflict has rallied global oil prices in its second week.
Similarly, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country would keep fighting as long as necessary, casting doubt on Trump’s insistence that the conflict would be over “soon.”
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