U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout an occasion within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on June 03, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday stated he could be “honored” to satisfy Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
The U.S. president stated he would meet the Iranian chief if a deal is reached to finish the U.S.-Iran struggle, which has dragged on into its fourth month. Trump was taking questions from reporters within the Oval Workplace after making an announcement about coal.
“If we make a deal, it is potential that I might meet,” he stated. “I might be okay with that.”
Khamenei was named the supreme chief in Iran after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on the primary day of preventing.
Trump stated that regardless of U.S.-Israeli strikes killing his father and different members of his household, he expects that Khamenei could be a “skilled.”
“In some circles, he has an excellent repute, truly,” Trump stated.
Blended messages have emerged not too long ago out of negotiations to finish the struggle, which has upset international markets and induced oil and gasoline costs to spike. Iran has largely held the Strait of Hormuz, a vital channel that carries a couple of fifth of the world’s oil, shut because the starting of the struggle.
Fuel costs had been roughly $4.24 per gallon on common nationwide on Thursday, in response to AAA.
The battle has been in a tenuous ceasefire for weeks.
The U.S. is demanding that Iran conform to by no means purchase a nuclear weapon and instantly open the strait. The Iranians are demanding a direct finish to hostilities on a number of fronts and for the U.S. to finish its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
Iranian state media on Monday stated Iran’s negotiators would halt negotiations and shut the strait. Then, on Wednesday, Trump stated that Iran had agreed to not have a nuclear weapon.
