President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. and Iran are “in negotiations right now” and suggested Tehran is eager to make a peace deal, even as the Islamic Republic has denied it is in direct talks with Washington.
Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, said he decided to back off from his recent threat to order strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure “based on the fact we’re negotiating.”
“They’re talking to us, and they’re talking sense,” Trump said when asked to further explain his pivot.
Trump said multiple U.S. officials are involved in the negotiations, name-checking Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
He has previously said U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and close advisor, were in talks with their Iranian counterparts on Sunday evening.
