Iran looking into Trump's request for negotiations, foreign minister says (original) (raw)
Jerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran News
Araghchi told reporters in Russia that Trump requested negotiations because the US has not achieved any of its objectives.
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks at a weekly news conference in Tehran, Iran, on March 16, 2026.
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ByREUTERS
APRIL 27, 2026 18:36
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Tehran was looking into US President Donald Trump's request for negotiations, according to a post on the minister's Telegram account.
He told reporters in Russia that Trump requested negotiations because the US has not achieved any of its objectives.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Araghchi in St. Petersburg earlier on Monday, and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a "difficult period" and that peace would soon prevail.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi during a meeting at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 27, 2026. (credit: Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS)
Russia intends to continue relationship with Iran
“For our part, we will do everything that serves your interests and the interests of all the peoples of the region to ensure that peace is achieved as quickly as possible,” Putin told Araghchi, according to Russian state media.
"Last week I received a message from Iran’s Supreme Leader. I would like to ask you to convey my most sincere thanks for this and to confirm that Russia, like Iran, intends to continue our strategic relationship," Putin added.
Trump scrapped a visit to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for talks on ending the conflict, and said Iran could telephone if it wanted to negotiate.