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Tehran considers talks after Trump request

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Tehran was looking into U.S. President Donald Trump's request for negotiations, according to a post on the minister's Telegram account.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 27, 2026. Dmitri Lovetsky/Reuters

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 27, 2026. Dmitri Lovetsky/Reuters

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Tehran was looking into U.S. President Donald Trump's request for negotiations, according to a post on the minister's Telegram account.

He told reporters in Russia that Trump requested negotiations because the U.S. has not achieved any of its objectives.

Trump scrapped a visit to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for talks on ending the conflict, and said Iran could telephone if it wanted to negotiate.

Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din

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