Donald Trump is now saying Iran is begging to surrender but he won’t accept it now. USATODAY: Iran is currently refusing to negotiate

Iran claims they killed 500 US troops.

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’

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-s-top-security-official-claims-500-us-military-deaths-calls-it-unjust-war-on-iran/3850281

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/