On the 3rd, US President Donald Trump stated that Iran is eager to engage in dialogue with him, and if “necessary,” he is willing to meet with Iranian representatives.
Trump said at Andrews Joint Base in Maryland on the same day, “Iran indeed wants to talk, and I believe they want to talk with me now is the time for them.”
“We are not going to harm Iran.”
During an interview with NBC News on the 3rd, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Tarkhani stated that Iran does not intend to take further retaliatory actions against the United States, but the US “needs to ensure that there will be no strikes against Iran during the negotiations.” Iran will not give up uranium enrichment, “our policy towards uranium enrichment has not changed to date.”
According to a report by the American news website Axios on the 3rd, US Special Envoy for Middle East Affairs Whitlock plans to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Oslo, Norway, next week, to hold talks on the Iranian nuclear issue.
