Trump says that we will have “direct interviews” with Iran while strikes on Houthis continue

The representatives of the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran will meet on Saturday for rare bilateral interviews in an attempt to restart a dialogue on the Iranian nuclear weapons program, said President Donald Trump on Monday.

Trump made the announcement of “direct interviews” between Washington and Tehran during the availability of the media of the oval offices together with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following bilateral discussions between the two leaders.

“We have direct discussions with Iran … it will go on Saturday. We have a very big encounter, and we will see what can happen. And I think everyone agrees on the fact that making an agreement would be preferable to do the obvious. And the obvious is not something I want to be involved with. Trump said, who added that he was in the best interest” of Tehran for success “.

Asked to further process the announcement, Trump said that the American and Iranian representatives would have “a very large meeting on Saturday” and contrasted the talks with previous negotiations in which the United States crossed intermediaries due to the lack of diplomatic relations between Washington and Tehran who have been formally cut since April 1980.

“Maybe an agreement will be made that would be fantastic. It would be … really fantastic for Iran, I can tell you,” Trump said. “But let’s hope we won’t have to enter this – We are meeting, very important, on Saturday, at the highest level, and we will see how it works.”

Trump refused to say to journalists where the talks would take place, but he described them as “higher level”, threatening the “great danger” for Iran if the interviews are not successful because Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon”.

“If the talks are not successful, in reality I think it will be a bad day for Iran,” he said.

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