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President Donald Trump has said that he was still considering a U.S. military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites. “I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” he said, according to the White House.
According to a report by the NBC News, Trump has said Iranian officials proposed possibly sending a delegation to the White House for negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
But Iran has scoffed at the idea.“No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House,” Iran’s mission to the U.N. said on social media yesterday. “Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance.”
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It would be an extraordinary, groundbreaking step for any official from the Iranian regime to step foot in the White House.
The two governments have had no diplomatic relations since the aftermath of the 1979 revolution that toppled the pro-U.S. monarchy, with no embassies operating in either capital.
Iran has long called the United States “the Great Satan” and portrayed the Islamic Republic as an arch-foe fighting what it calls American imperialism.
In recent years, Iran has refused to engage in direct discussions with U.S. officials about its nuclear program and instead has insisted on indirect talks, with each government relaying messages through intermediaries.
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