US President Donald Trump confirmed that he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday regarding Iran, adding that the call went well and that he is "trying to avoid death and destruction."
Additionally, Trump said Tehran was a tough negotiator as talks continued for a nuclear deal. "We're doing a lot of work on Iran right now," Trump said at an economic event at the White House. "It's tough. ... They're great negotiators." "They're just asking for things that you can't do. They don't want to give up what they have to give up," he added. "They seek enrichment. We can't have enrichment.
We want just the opposite. And so far, they're not there." "They have given us their thoughts on the deal. And I said, you know, it's just not acceptable," Trump said as Tehran plans to hand Washington a counter-proposal. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the "next round of Iran–US indirect negotiations was being planned for next Sunday in Muscat," the ministry said on its Telegram channel early on Tuesday. (Read More)
