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Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iranian supreme leader is involved in US negotiations
Key takeaways
- Donald Trump said Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is involved in talks to end the war and that he would “like to meet him”.
- Khamenei has not been seen in public since the Iran war began, and has only addressed the nation through written statements read out by television anchors.
- Absolutely,” the US president told the New York Post. “Yeah, I think they have a lot of respect for him.”
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Donald Trump said Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is involved in talks to end the war and that he would “like to meet him”.
Khamenei has not been seen in public since the Iran war began, and has only addressed the nation through written statements read out by television anchors. US officials have claimed Khamenei was incapacitated or undergoing treatment for severe injuries sustained in the same bombing that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the war.
“He’s involved. Absolutely,” the US president told the New York Post. “Yeah, I think they have a lot of respect for him.”
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