Even if these talks happen, it is virtually certain that the president will not lose sight of the ultimate goal, which remains to topple the Islamic regime in Iran once and for all. If the regime survives in any form, it will gather its strength and once again menace the U.S. and Israel as quickly as it possibly can. The only way to ensure peace in the region is to end this evil regime.
“‘I Have Agreed’: Trump Says Iran’s New Leaders ‘Want To Talk,’” by Mark Tanos, Daily Caller, March 1, 2026:
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s newly installed leadership wants to resume negotiations, one day after a massive U.S.-Israeli military operation killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,” Trump told The Atlantic in a phone call from Mar-a-Lago. “They should have done it sooner. They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long.”
Trump faulted Tehran for stalling weeks of diplomatic efforts and acknowledged that several Iranian officials who participated in those discussions died in the strikes. “Most of those people are gone,” he told the magazine. “They played too cute.” He declined to specify when negotiations would begin.