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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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.