Trump says he wrote to Iran leader seeking nuclear negotiations, but Iran says no talks under sanctions
(CBS News) —-President Trump has said he sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressing his desire to negotiate over the country’s advancing nuclear program. He made the announcement in an interview with Fox Business News, which Fox said was recorded this week. In the interview, Mr. Trump said he sent the letter “yesterday,” but the exact timing remained unclear.
“But the time is happening now. The time is coming up,” Mr. Trump said. “Something’s going to happen one way or the other. I hope that Iran — and I’ve written him a letter, saying, ‘I hope you’re going to negotiate.’ Because if we have to go in militarily, it’s going to be a terrible thing — for them.”
In the interview, Mr. Trump said he believed Iran wanted “to get that letter,” adding that “the other alternative is, we have to do something. Because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.”
Iran’s state-run media said Friday that no letter had been received from Mr. Trump, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the French news agency AFP on Friday that Iran would not negotiate with the U.S. while heavy U.S. sanctions against the country remain in place.
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