“Iran would like to make a deal, we would too,” says Trump

The President of the United States, Donald Trump (Republican Party), stated this Monday (23.mar.2026) that he would like to have the Iran. On Saturday (21 March), he said he did not want to negotiate.

“They want to make a deal, we want to make a deal too”, the president told journalists, according to the broadcaster . This Monday (23rd March) will have dialogues with the United States.

This Monday (23rd March), Trump announced energy infrastructure. According to him, the measure was taken after “very good and productive” conversations about a possible resolution.

The decision contradicts the ultimatum given by Trump to Iran on Saturday (21 March). At the time, he said that if the country did not release the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the US military would attack and destroy Iranian power plants.

CLIMBING IN TENSION

The calls to Iran were made after weeks of tension between the 2 countries. On February 19, Trump stated that, within 10 days, he would know whether he should take “a step forward” in relation to an offensive against the Persian country.

Afterwards, the Republican declared that everyone — including the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Dan Caine— consider that a possible war against Iran would result in a “” by the Americans.

In , on Tuesday (24.Feb), Trump said that the US had not yet heard Iran say “those magic words: ‘we will never have a nuclear weapon’“. In his speech, he stated that the Persian regime “has already developed missiles that could threaten Europe and our bases abroad and is working to build missiles that will soon reach the US”.

Statements were made while with Iran that did not result in an agreement.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters that the country would be in the United States if Washington recognized its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and lifted economic sanctions.

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