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Day after Khamenei killed, Trump says he ‘will be talking’ to Iranian leaders
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US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, February 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
US President Donald Trump says he will “be talking” to Iranian leaders but is vague on the timing and notes that much of the country’s leadership is dead amid US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them. They should have done it sooner,” Trump is quoted as saying by The Atlantic, a US magazine. “They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long.”
Asked when talks might take place, Trump says, “I can’t tell you.”
His remarks come a day after the US and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran intended to expedite regime change, with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed in a strike on his compound, and no successor appointed.
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