Trump says US negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker

US President Donald Trump said Washington is negotiating with Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and that the US would know within a week whether the two sides could work together, Anadolu reports. “We’re gonna find out,” Trump told the New York Post. “I’ll let you know that in about a week.” The remarks follow Trump’s earlier comment that the US was speaking to “a top person” in Iran, but that he could not reveal who, adding: “I don’t want them to be killed.” The Trump administration has also been quietly weighing Qalibaf as a potential partner and even a future leader of Iran, Politico reported last week. Iran said it has not held any direct negotiations with the US, […]