Trump announces date for new talks with Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump said that talks between the United States and Iran will begin on Monday.

Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, CE Report informs.

"We're going to talk to them. The talks will begin Monday afternoon," the U.S. president said.

According to Trump, he agreed to hold the negotiations at the request of the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, as well as the Iranian side.

Trump stressed that he prefers reaching an agreement.

"I don't like to see people being killed," he said.

Meanwhile, as no tangible progress was made in the nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, the situation escalated on February 28, when the United States and Israel launched military airstrikes against Iran. In retaliation, Iran initiated missile and drone strikes targeting Israeli and U.S. installations in the region. Following these developments, a two-week ceasefire agreement was brokered on April 7 through Pakistan's mediation.

A peace memorandum was signed between Iran and the U.S. on June 18. The memorandum was signed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and U.S. President Donald Trump. The memorandum came into effect on June 19.

The latest escalation in U.S.-Iranian relations began on July 8. On that day, for the first time since the signing of the memorandum between Washington and Tehran, the U.S. military carried out several waves of strikes on Iranian territory, claiming that this was in response to an attack on a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz. On the same day, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the end of the ceasefire with Iran. In response, Tehran began attacking U.S. facilities in Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Oman.

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