Trump: Iran’s supreme leader involved in peace talks

President Trump said Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “involved” in peace talks for ending the war.

“They have a lot of respect for him,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with The New York Post’s “Pod Force One.”

He said Khamenei is not doing well due to injuries sustained in an airstrike, but “they say he’s giving approval because that’s the way it has been for a long, long time.”

The president added, “We seem to be getting along quite well,” but said he had not previously thought about meeting with Khamenei until he was asked about the possibility in the interview.

He said he hopes one day to meet the supreme leader, “and we probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out.”

Mr. Trump said the U.S. had gone through two “sets” of Iranian negotiators who were now gone, as well as some of the third set of Iranian negotiators.