President Donald Trump said Sunday that talks with Iran—both direct and indirect—are ongoing and making “very good” progress, with a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry denying any negotiations are taking place.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on March 29, Trump signaled his conviction that diplomacy is gathering pace alongside ongoing military operations that the president said has already led to “regime change” in Tehran.
He said U.S. diplomats are engaging a new group of Iranian officials and that Tehran has agreed to most elements of a 15-point U.S. proposal, which it had previously rejected in favor of its own five-point counteroffer....