Donald Trump said Iran is eager to end the war, but the U.S. is determined to “fight.”
“They’re calling. They’re saying, ‘how do we make a deal?’ I said, ‘you’re being a little bit late,’ and we want to fight now more than they do,” the president said while standing next to… https://t.co/h02CHDxmGD pic.twitter.com/9pTi5lE7Ar
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Iran claims they killed 500 US troops.
💢 Iran claims over 500 US soldiers killed
🗣️ Iran's top security official Ali Larijani says Trump swayed by Netanyahu’s 'clownish antics,' accusing him of 'dragging the American people into an unjust war with Iran' https://t.co/p04TbvkWPg pic.twitter.com/qbdlJXUtI4
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) March 4, 2026
Iran’s top security official claims 500 US military deaths, calls it ‘unjust war’ on Iran
US President Donald Trump swayed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘clownish antics,’ Ali Larijani says, accusing him of ‘dragging the American people into an unjust war with Iran’
Multiple credible reports indicate that Iranian leadership has no intention of entering talks with President Trump right now, insisting on inflicting more military costs before considering diplomacy.
Iran doesn’t want to talk. It doesn’t want to parley. And it’s not sitting down with President Donald Trump.
Even as Iran endures devastating airstrikes, the country’s surviving leaders have determined “it has to really draw blood” before negotiating an end to the ongoing war with the U.S. and Israel, Trita Parsi, vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, said in an interview.
The stalemate comes as Trump and top military leaders have predicted more U.S. military deaths, wealthy Persian Gulf allies are pushing for a quick conclusion to the war and oil prices have spiked.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/03/05/iran-air-war-us-talking-to-trump/88963540007/