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In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, President Donald Trump said Iran and Israel should make a deal for peace, and Iran is reportedly showing signs that it wants to negotiate.
Trump wrote on Truth Social:
Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP!
Also, during my first term, Serbia and Kosovo were going at it hot and heavy, as they have for many decades, and this long time conflict was ready to break out into WAR. I stopped it (Biden has hurt the longer term prospects with some very stupid decisions, but I will fix it, again!).
Another case is Egypt and Ethiopia, and their fight over a massive dam that is having an effect on the magnificent Nile River. There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way!
Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place. I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!
A Battered Iran Signals It Wants to De-Escalate Hostilities With Israel and Negotiate
From the Wall Street Journal: Iran has been urgently signaling that it seeks an end to hostilities and resumption of talks over its nuclear programs, sending messages to Israel and the U.S. via Arab intermediaries, Middle Eastern and European officials said.
In the midst of a ferocious Israeli air campaign, Tehran has told Arab officials they would be open to returning to the negotiating table as long as the U.S. doesn’t join the attack, the officials said. They also passed messages to Israel saying it is in the interest of both sides to keep the violence contained.
But with Israeli warplanes able to fly freely over the capital and Iranian counterattacks inflicting minimal damage, Israeli leaders have little incentive to halt their assault before doing more to destroy Iran’s nuclear sites and further weaken the theocratic government’s hold on power.
Israeli strikes have killed key military leaders, including much of the top echelon of Iran’s air force, leaving Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei increasingly isolated. But the impact on nuclear facilities has been modest and analysts say it could take a long air war to get the results Israel wants.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the attacks will continue until Iran’s nuclear program and ballistic missiles are destroyed, and he has shown no indication he is ready to stop. He has also said regime change isn’t a goal but could be a result given the Iranian leadership’s weakness.
The Israeli military has reportedly prepared at least two weeks of strikes.
While Israel has been working to take out Iran’s military abilities and senior officials, Iran has retaliated by attacking Israel’s civilian areas with a barrage of missiles.
🎥 Since this morning, the IAF identified several trucks containing weapons, including surface-to-air missile launchers, advancing from western Iran toward Tehran, while attempting to escape IDF strikes. However, we struck the trucks, neutralizing the weapons and launchers. pic.twitter.com/ow0KlMMVZt
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 16, 2025
🚨Sirens sounding across northern Israel following another barrage of Iranian missiles🚨 pic.twitter.com/kA3oFCwAHQ
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 16, 2025
Exclusive: Iran is urgently signaling it wants to end hostilities and restart nuclear talks, sending messages to Israel and the U.S. via intermediaries https://t.co/fuF7VcNFGg
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 16, 2025
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