Iran Is Open To Talks With US, Iranian President Tells Tucker Carlson Ahead Of Israeli PM Netanyahu’s White House Meet With Trump

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday revealed Iran is open to talks with the United States, weeks after U.S. strikes caused significant damage to three nuclear sites in the country.

While expressing optimism about talks during an interaction with Tucker Carlson, Pezeshkian stressed that it would be difficult to trust the U.S. after President Donald Trump ordered strikes to neuter Iran’s nuclear program.

“I’m of the belief that we could very much, easily resolve the differences and conflicts with the United States through dialog and talks,” said Pezeshkian.

President Pezeshkian’s comments come ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House later today.

Pezeshkian also accused Israel of trying to assassinate him, expressing concerns about trust issues and asking what is the guarantee that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-led government would not be given permission to attack Iran again in the middle of talks with the U.S.

“U.S. President Mr. Trump is capable enough to guide the region towards peace and a brighter future and put Israel in its place or get into an endless pit or swamp, and that is a war that Netanyahu wants the US or its president to be dragged into,” he added.

In June, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi on Thursday said that while annihilation would be a stretch, Iran’s nuclear facilities sustained “enormous” damage due to the Israel-U.S. strikes.

Meanwhile, U.S. equities declined on Monday as Wall Street reacted to President Trump imposing 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea.

At the time of writing, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), which tracks the S&P 500 index, was down 0.82%, while the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) declined 0.78%. Stocktwits data shows retail sentiment around the S&P 500 ETF has been in the ‘bullish’ territory over the past week.

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