According to Trump, today negotiations will be held between the US and Iran.
03-08-2026 10:28 USA World News
Azatutyun. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran will take place today after noon, without specifying where and with whom they are planned.
In response to a journalist's question about the deadline for Washington to finalize a deal, Trump did not provide a direct answer. He stated, “Would I prefer to finalize a deal? I have no intention of killing people, as people are dying, many people are dying, and we don’t want that.”
The recent easing of tensions followed days of exchanges of threats regarding new U.S.-Iranian attacks. The geography of the strikes had expanded to the Red Sea last week. One of Egypt's Mediterranean facilities was targeted.
Trump announced late Saturday evening that he was canceling a new attack on Iran as long as a quick deal could be reached regarding halting Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
At the same time, Trump again threatened, emphasizing that “the U.S. is ready to fight against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
While Trump speaks of negotiations, yesterday Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had phone conversations with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan and the head of Pakistan's armed forces, Asim Munir, discussing diplomatic efforts.
The IRNA state news agency, citing Araghchi, reported that negotiations between Iran and Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz are already in the final stages.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei stated that the talks with Muscat have focused on reaching an agreement on a new route through the strait, clarifying that this “has nothing to do with the opening or closing of the Strait of Hormuz. It is a separate discussion.”
In July, Iran rejected Oman's proposal to jointly manage the strait, which had received the approval of Gulf countries. Sources familiar with the situation told Reuters that, according to the Omani proposal, voluntary fees were to be collected for the use of the strait.
Before the war that began in February, 20 percent of the world's consumed oil products and liquefied gas passed through the Strait of Hormuz. Since the start of the U.S.-Israeli joint attack against it, Tehran has effectively kept this key waterway closed.
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
