U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) that Iran was taking part in peace talks, suggesting Tehran’s denials were because Iranian negotiators fear being killed by their own side.
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“They are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly. But they’re afraid to say it, because they figure they’ll be killed by their own people,” Mr. Trump told a dinner for Republican members of Congress.
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“They’re also afraid they’ll be killed by us.”
