Speaking about the negotiations, Trump said: “We had very, very productive talks. Let’s see where they lead. I would say we agree on most key issues — practically all of them.”
His son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff participated in the negotiations. Trump did not disclose the names of the Iranian representatives, only indicating that he spoke with a “high-ranking respected leader” on the American side.
According to the president, it was Tehran that initiated these discussions. He added: “They want to make a deal, and we are ready for that. <…> They will never have nuclear weapons. They agreed to that.”
According to Axios, Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan acted as intermediaries in these negotiations, holding separate meetings with the American and Iranian delegations — Steve Witkoff and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi — over two days.
The Jerusalem Post also reports that Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is negotiating with Washington.
However, Ghalibaf himself denied these reports, calling them “fake news” and stating that Tehran is not conducting any negotiations with the US. He claims that such news is an attempt to manipulate financial and oil markets. In his post on social media platform X, he wrote: “Negotiations with the US have not taken place, and fake news is being used to manipulate financial and oil markets and to escape the deadlock in which the US and Israel find themselves.”
Earlier, Trump also stated that, due to the “productive negotiations,” he ordered a five-day delay of planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure.
