US President Donald Trump has said he would be “honoured” to meet Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if a deal is reached between the two countries.
“I don’t want to meet, but if I did meet, I’d be honoured to meet him,” Trump said on Thursday when asked about a possible sit-down with the Iranian leader, whose father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei, was killed at the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran on February 28.
“I’d like to see if we make a deal, but if we make a deal, it’s possible that I would meet him,” Trump said.
Asked if the meeting would take place in the US, Trump said: “I haven’t really heard too much about it. I didn’t suggest it, but some people have suggested it.”
Asked if he would resume war against Iran if Tehran were to kill US troops in the region, Trump replied: “It would be a good reason. I’d be honest with you, if they killed US troops, I think I would do that very quickly.”
Trump also said the US did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country.
“We could get it right now. I don’t think they could stop us if we wanted, but there’s no reason to. It’s entombed,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
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