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National Security
Trump tells "The Atlantic" that Iranian leaders want to resume negotiations.
First published in The Atlantic on March 1, 2026.
by Michael Scherer, The Atlantic
March 1, 2026
| reading time: 4 Min.
One day after launching strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and embroiled the region in war, President Trump told me this morning that the country’s new leadership wants to talk with him and that he plans to do so.










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