According to the publication, Trump received a phone call from Erdogan on Monday during the G7 summit in Canada, which the head of the White House left ahead of schedule. The Turkish President invited him the next day to hold a meeting between American and Iranian officials in Istanbul to discuss the diplomatic decision of the war. Sources say Trump agreed. He was ready to send to her US Vice President Jay Di Wans and his special beam on the Middle East of Steve Witkoff. Trump also did not exclude his participation in a meeting with Iran President Masudshshkian, if necessary to achieve a nuclear agreement.
According to the White House official, a few hours before the call of Erdogan Trump, allegedly through other communication channels came from the Iranians “signals” about their desire to meet. After his consent, Erdogan and the Foreign Minister of Turkey Hakan Fidan transferred this proposal to to the Chizhkian and Foreign Minister Iran Abbas Arakchi, the article says. Iranian leaders tried to contact Hameni to get his approval. But due to the lack of communication in the bunker, this could not be done. As a result, Iran said that the approval of Ayatollah was not received, and Türkiye informed the United States to cancel the meeting.
After that, writes Axios, Trump on the social network Truth Social called on the Iranians to evacuate from Tehran.
The publication notes that Trump’s backstage efforts and his readiness, if necessary, to attend the Iranian-American meeting indicate his desire to conclude a nuclear agreement, avoiding the US accession to Israel for Iran. According to sources, after the meeting fell off, the head of the White House and American officials lost confidence in the possibility of a diplomatic solution to the problem and became more convinced of the probability of US military intervention to eliminate the Iranian nuclear program.
Context
On June 13, the Israeli defense army struck Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that Iran has the opportunity to create nine nuclear bombs. Israeli troops, in particular, struck the objects related to the enrichment of Uranus.
The United States denied involvement in the Israeli operation, but US President Donald Trump called the “beautiful” attacks on Iran. And he said: if Tehran does not agree to sign an agreement on a nuclear program, the situation will be worse.
June 15 Reuters wrote that Trump vested the Israeli plan Khamenei murders due to fears that the death of Ayatollah will lead to the escalation of the conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with ABC News did not reject the murder of the Supreme Leader of Iran, saying that his death could lead to the end of the military confrontation between Israel and Iran.
On June 17, Trump promised not to kill Hameni, although he knows the place of his stay, “at least now.”
On June 19, Bloomberg, citing sources, wrote that American officials are preparing for the likely impact on Iran in the coming days. At the same time, The Guardian reported that Trump still hesitates about the impact on the Iranian nuclear facility in Fordo due to doubts about the success Such an attack.
On this day, Reuters reported that Iran and the United States were not publicly negotiating after Israel’s blows, Arakchi and Witkoff took part in them. According to the agency, the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry He said that Tehran would not return to negotiations until Israel stops the attack.
