Dubai: A senior White House official says that “new potential leadership” in Iran has suggested they are open for talks with the United States.
That comes after US and Israeli forces launched a major attack on Iran, killing its supreme leader and other high-ranking officials. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration deliberations, said President Donald Trump says he is “eventually” willing to talk, but for now the military operation “continues unabated.”
The official did not say who the potential new Iranian leaders are or how they made their alleged willingness to talk known. Trump told The Atlantic in an interview Sunday that he planned to speak with Iran’s new leadership.
“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,” he said, declining comment on the timing.
AP