Trump Calls for "Deep Negotiation" with Iran, Was Once Close to Direct Talks

BlockBeats News, April 5th, according to Axios, President Trump said in a phone interview that the United States is in "deep negotiations" with Iran and is expected to reach an agreement before the deadline on Tuesday. "There is a great opportunity to reach an agreement, but if they don't, I will destroy everything there." When asked if he was concerned about harming innocent civilians, Trump said he believed that the Iranian people opposing the government would support such strikes to weaken the regime.

In an approximately 8-minute phone interview, Trump also said that his envoys, Brian Hook and Kushner, are engaged in intensive negotiations with the Iranian side. Two sources familiar with the negotiations said that communication is being conducted through intermediaries such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, as well as through text messages between Trump's advisers and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif. Trump said the negotiations are progressing well, but dealing with Iranians always proves elusive, and a few days ago they were close to agreeing on holding direct talks. But they said let's meet in five days. I asked, why five days? I felt they were not serious enough. So I attacked that bridge.

According to PolyBeats monitoring, the current probabilities on the prediction market Polymarket for a US-Iran ceasefire by the end of this month is 22%, by the end of May is 39%, and by the end of June is 49%, all showing a slight increase from before.