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President Trump told reporters that his envoys held talks with a senior official in the Iranian leadership and claimed the parties are in agreement on many points.
Why it matters: Trump walked back his threat to strike Iran's power plants on Monday, citing productive negotiations.
Why it matters: Trump walked back his threat to strike Iran's power plants on Monday, citing productive negotiations.
- Iran denied any such talks have taken place and claimed Trump was just trying to calm the energy markets.
- But an Israeli official told Axios that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had been speaking with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
- Trump did not name the Iranian interlocutor, saying he did not want to get him killed, but claimed the U.S. and Iran were aligned on many of the key issues.
