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"Forget about letters, I think they want to have direct talks," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, Bloomberg reported. Trump added that he prefers a face-to-face discussion with Iran, saying such talks could make reaching agreements easier. "I think it goes faster and you can understand the other side a lot better than if you go through intermediaries.
They wanted to use intermediaries. I don’t think that’s necessarily true anymore. I think they’re concerned.
I think they feel vulnerable, and I don’t want them to feel that way," the US president said. Last week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said while Tehran has ruled out the possibility of direct talks with the US in its reply to a letter from Trump, it has considered indirect negotiations as a viable option. Pezeshkian said the only trouble in the course of interaction has been lack of commitment on part of the US, stressing that the mistakes need to be made up for and trust must be rebuilt.
“This will be the manner of Americans that would determine the continuity of the course of negotiations,” the Iranian president added..
