Washington (United States) (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a "last chance before decapitation."
Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said he agreed to continue to pursue talks with Iran at the request of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other countries.
Iran's foreign ministry denied on Monday that negotiations with Washington were taking place, but Trump insisted they were. "We are talking right now," he said.
"This is a last chance for them to sign a good document," the US president added. "I want to give them every last chance before decapitation."
The talks are focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which Trump said could come "literally by tomorrow," and the denuclearization of Iran, which he said could "take a little while."
Washington and Tehran have been at war since February 28, when the United States and Israel launched surprise strikes against Iran, though months of on-and-off diplomacy have led to periods of relative calm.
More than five months later, Iran remains able to fire missiles and drones at US and allied targets in the region and retains its enriched uranium stockpiles.
In what has become a familiar pattern, Trump last week had threatened to hit Iran "very hard" -- potentially with renewed attacks against energy infrastructure -- only to pull back on Saturday, saying the "perimeters" of a deal were there.
Iran, for its part, said it is not currently negotiating with the United States.
"Our negotiations are with Oman to secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz," the critical oil corridor, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said.
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Well we're certainly not going to smugly act like voting for Jill stein helped anything, that's for sure.
But didn't you vote for the anointed apprentice of Genocide Joe, Kamala Cheney, who couldn't read the room as she praised billionaires and talked about her love and admiration for Dick Cheney, also while saying she'd unconditionally support the genocidal Zionist regime and that couldn't think of anything she'd do differently thsn Biden, "oh, but I'll have a Republican in my cabinet."
Yeah, you certainly didn't help anything dude. You're bringing it up being the smug butthurt one that you lost after supporting a genocidal candidate. I can't figure out why you attack the people that tried to warn you rather than learn something from them since they obviously are much better at political strategy than backing a Israel-first genocider.
Go vote for Haley Stevena and get your revenge. Honestly she's just like Kamala Cheney. You can tell everyone if she loses the primary that it's because everyone is sexist antisemites.
Invalidates a lifetime of anything said after it.
As does defending, advocating for, and voting for a known Russian asset.
Spoken like a true Haley Stevens fan. Literally make shit up and hope it sticks. The Senate Intelligence Committee found no evidence of collusion by Stein yet all you parrots repeat MSM talking points nonstop. Her platform was truly progressive but you'd rather vote for and support a genocidal neocon, you then proceed to lose while crying about how Russians are building some machine that opens a portal into the upside down and that they have secret agents everywhere making you lose... When the real agents and lobby they caused you to lose wss Israel, because you never had any actual principles. Which is why you were willing to continue supporting killing over 20k children in Gaza.
I mean it's irrelevant. Jill Stein is a magician (a bad one) that magically appears before every election, siphons votes away from candidates that can actually win, then magically disappears again after the election. She doesn't accomplish anything of value.
Anyone that voted for her is an idiot. Why? Because she got more votes than any other 3rd party candidate and she still only got a fraction of a single percent of the total votes cast. Meaning she never stood a snowball's chance in hell of winning. And anyone voting for someone that absolutely cannot win, and thus cannot accomplish anything at all for America, is a fool.
Progressive candidates are winning that people like you, the establishment and MSM constantly claim are unelectable. It appears your corporate billionaire-backed candidates were the real problem causing you to lose. When people have a choice and decide not to vote for the special interest genocidal freaks, that isn't them siphoning votes.
NOT FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
Ok, you got me. I should have been clearer. Anyone voting 3rd party for the presidency is a fucking idiot. If someone wants to vote 3rd party in a local/state election, more power to them. Do that. Help build up a 3rd party so that some day in the distant future, probably not in our lifetimes, a 3rd party candidate can maybe have a shot at the presidency. But if you are currently voting 3rd party for president, you are among the dumbest humans to ever exist on this planet.
I'll say it again for those in the back with hearing problems.
A 3rd PARTY CANDIDATE WILL NOT WIN THE PRESIDENCY IN THE NEAR, OR REMOTE, FUTURE.
No 3rd party is even trying. Your precious Jill Stein isn't even trying. That's why she pops into existence for the election, then phase shifts back to her dimension after she's done making money. It will be generations before a 3rd party can win the presidency, and that's if a 3rd party actually starts trying AND enough Americans start giving a shit about 3rd parties, which definitely isn't the case right now.
You cannot distract from the fact that you told people to vote for a known Russian asset. This matters more than any weird series of accusations you have for others.
Edit: "she is truly progressive!" And yet cannot answer very basic questions and also literally claimed 9/11 was staged by the US government. Minor details, totally great candidate.
Investigation occurred, was found there was no collusion and that she wasn't a Russian asset. But because Kamala Cheney, so enraged that Jill Stein didn't hate Palestinian children and want to kill them like her, funded an attack add without any evidence that you're repeating to this very day. And that is why you lost. You became detached from reality and principles and you demanded voters be just as subservient as you are to the corporate establishment.
It takes effort to not understand that in the US, third party candidates will only ever act as spoilers. As such, and your obviously-fake concern for Gaza, you cement your position as a bad actor, only speaking on these issues to sabotage. What a disgusting thing to do. You're literally putting in more work to sabotage the US than stein ever did in between election cycles.
You're literally just making yourself look worse by defending what you did. It's alright to admit you made a horrible fucking mistake. Even if I ever believed Stein wasn't compromised she's dumb as a fucking brick. Normal presidential candidates do not have problems saying 9/11 wasn't an inside job. Fucking idiots do.
Yeah sorry you're not normal. You supported a genocidal war-crime admiring candidate and lost to the surprise of almost no one except the most hardcore blue MAGA cult types. For all I know you're a secret Trump operative for how bad you make Democrats look.
And now Donald Trump is president.
How's that going?
Like, in general, but also specifically for Palestinians?
I think the real question should be how was it under Biden? Trump is terrible and things still aren't great for Palestinians, but a majority of the death figures we have so far were while Biden was in office. That could change but as of right now are you saying somehow Palestinians were better off with the second-in-command of the administration that supported, funded, and assisted in massacring a majority of them?
Easy question. Not nearly as bad. Why? Because Biden repeatedly and openly expressed his disapproval with Israel's actions. Biden was trying to broker a peace deal. He even floated arms shipment cancellations if Israel didn't come to the table. Then America told him to go fuck himself and installed a guy that is 100% on Israel's side, Netanyahu's little bitch, and even joked about making a resort on Palestinian land after they're all murdered/chased off.
Guess you were in a coma for all that though.
Guess that's when Israel got most of their killing out of the way. Probably because it was at the beginning of the conflict when everything was popping off.
Yeah that's still happening.
It's disengenous to the extreme to imply that Palestinians are better off now under a war crime loving, low IQ Republican administration than under the Democrats. Not that the USA is the end-all-be-all of Palestine's future as it isn't our fucking country.
Anyone who voted Republican or helped them by voting for a 3rd party candidate that literally could not win only succeeded in making Palestine's situation more terminal.
Do you honestly hear yourself? Joe, proud Zionist, Biden who was working on being able to wag his finger publicly at Netanyahu by vetoing UN security council resolutions to stop the genocide?
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/49-times-us-has-used-veto-power-against-un-resolutions-israel
Biden was as much Netanyahu's bitch as Trump, if not more. As for openly expressing his disapproval of Netanyahu, you must be talking about the media reports of alleged disapproval; the same media claiming he was so quick witted behind the curtains of Oz—we all saw the emperor had no clothes—rather than doing more than writing a Chuck Schumer strongly worded letter.
Yeah. I'm no genius, but you're making me look like one. And I'm just stating facts and making common sense arguments.
The problem here is that you don't seem to see any shades of grey. You think because I accept the reality that Palestine's future, while bleak, was better while Democrats were at the helm than Republicans that means I think Dems are perfect and Biden is a saint. Not what I said. But you're seeing things in black and white only, like everyone who fucked up and didn't vote or voted 3rd party for president because they were big mad about what was going on in a country on the other side of the planet while not focusing on their own nation's wellbeing.
This is such a stupid statement I'm not entirely sure how to address it. I mean the Republican House just passed the U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, which in some ways merges the U.S. military with the Isreali military. Did Biden and the Dems do that? Trump has done nothing but give a smile and two massive thumbs up to Netanyahu. So Biden openly expressing discontent witn Netanyahu and floating arms shipment cancellations is proof that Biden wasn't "as much Netanyahu's bitch as Trump".
You're arguing in bad faith. Probably because you don't inform yourself and aren't aware half the shit I've said even took place. I think you're probably an independent comfortably riding the fence, but you sound like a MAGAt.
You supported a genocide while pretending destroying another country was worth a fake try to stop the genocide you strongly supported.
Haley Stevens lost grandpa. People are fed up with your establishment lies and MSM games. You're like the Democrat equivalent of a Fox News junkie, but the kind that watches CNN and Bill Maher. Approximately 50k of Palestinians were massacred while your Dick Cheney-praising candidate was second-in-commmand.
Honestly you should just move on when you see my comments. I don't go around finding your comments to respond to—like you do with me—and people are catching on. They see through you like I have all along. Kamala Cheney lost because she was an establishment stooge. No amount of joy that she made you feel inside is going to change that.
The people have spoke. They don't want to serve s genocidal regime and apartheid state. The fact that you constantly live in the past of blaming others for losing because they wouldn't sacrifice their morality like you did, rather than getting on board with candidates that are winning by not sacrificing their morals, is antithetical to what you pretend to support. If you support progressive values then prove it by supporting progressive candidates, not run around demanding people vote for the establishment puppets that keep losing.
I didn't read this but you're a fucking moron for A) thinking Jill stein isn't a uniquely horrific candidate for any office, even if you pretend half the facts about her aren't true B) thinking it's an insult to randomly assign political support of candidates to strangers. C) being so young and stupid that you think randomly assigning an age to an internet user is an insult.