President Donald Trump said on March 23 that his administration is not negotiating with Iran’s top leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in ongoing talks and dismissed statements made by Iranian state-run media that talks aren’t occurring.
“We’re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader,” Trump told reporters in a press gaggle in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump added that the man the U.S. government is speaking with is not Khamenei. “We have not heard from the son,” referring to Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the former top leader, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.–Israeli strikes on Feb. 28….
Trump Says US Not Negotiating With Iranian Leader Khamenei in Ongoing Talks
