Trump tells reporters US received new proposal from Iran after trip cancellation
President Trump said his administration received a new offer from Iran after the US delegation canceled its trip to Islamabad for the second round of peace agreement talks.
“They gave us a newspaper that was supposed to be better. And interestingly, when I canceled, we got a new newspaper within 10 minutes that was much better,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One on Saturday. Bloomberg.
The president told reporters that the United States holds “all the cards” in these negotiations.
“We’ll communicate over the phone, and they can call us whenever they want,” Trump said.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, advisor Jared Kushner, were scheduled to go to Pakistan for the second round of negotiations. Vice President J.D. Vance led the first round of negotiations.
There was some disagreement Friday between U.S. and Iranian officials over whether the two sides would meet in person during planned weekend talks.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Friday that the delegations would hold “direct” talks; this idea was denied by Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesman.
In his statement on X, Esmaeil Baqaei said, “There is no plan to hold any meeting between Iran and the USA. Iran’s observations will be conveyed to Pakistan.” to mail Friday afternoon.
Iranian Prime Minister Abbas Araghchi and other Tehran officials met with Pakistani mediators in Islamabad on Saturday morning for indirect talks amid a ceasefire between the two sides.
Araghchi called Saturday talks “very productive” and praised Pakistani mediators to mail on social platform X.
He said that the Iranian delegation shared Iran’s position on this issue. [a] “A workable framework to permanently end the war against Iran.”
“I have yet to see whether the United States is really serious about diplomacy,” Araghchi added.
The Iranian embassy in South Africa announced that it was ready to attack US and Israeli bases in West Asia if provoked by Tehran.
“Iran has prepared the ‘largest missile attack in history’ against Israel and US bases in West Asia, which will be launched immediately as soon as any signs of attack are detected,” the embassy said. wrote On Saturday X post.
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