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Archive photo · 2 June 2025Trump Says U.S. Is Talking to Iran, Claims No Soldiers Killed in Six Months
“We beat Iran. We are doing very well with Iran, we're talking to Iran”
“Iran is reviewing a set of proposals presented by mediators”
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Trump says the United States is talking to Iran and in a strong position. Iran is reviewing concrete proposals on its nuclear program presented by Qatar-led mediators.
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Talks, war timeline
Donald Trump told reporters that the United States was “talking to Iran” and said, “We beat Iran. We are doing very well with Iran,” while also claiming that no American soldiers had been killed in the previous six or seven months.
15 Aban 1405 on its Persian calendar placed the wider context for Iran, with 251 days passed since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on 9 Esfand 1404, and with 213 days since the start of the ceasefire on 18 Farvardin 1405.
The ceasefire was violated on 17 Tir 1405, and the United States imposed another military engagement on Iran that lasted 17 consecutive days and then continued intermittently.
Mohsen Rezaei met with Putin in Moscow and Putin stated he would provide any help to end the war.
Anadolu Ajansı carried Trump’s claim that “We have the Hormuz Strait opening, doing more business than they've ever done with oil ... and we are talking to Iran,” as the dialogue continued indirectly.
Qatar mediation and nuclear
The United States and Iran were moving closer to a possible breakthrough as Tehran showed willingness to discuss issues related to its nuclear program that had previously been off the negotiating table. Iran was studying proposals related to its nuclear activities presented by Qatar, described as the principal mediator, and any concessions on the nuclear issue could constitute a significant breakthrough. Iran was reportedly examining proposals on its nuclear activities that Qatar presented, and the details of those proposals had not been published.
Iran was reviewing “concrete proposals” on its nuclear program, and five officials briefed on the negotiations described the terms as “concrete proposals,” without elaborating. Qatar participated in two rounds of talks in Tehran and hosted a third in Doha, as the mediation aimed to avert full-blown war between the U.S. and Iran.
Pressure, sanctions, and stakes
Trump told reporters outside the White House that the United States remained engaged in indirect negotiations with Tehran and quoted him saying, “We are doing very well with Iran. We're talking to Iran.”
“We are doing very well with Iran. We're talking to Iran.”
The U.S. Treasury Department announcement added eight Canada-based businesses to its Specially Designated List accused of enabling and facilitating currency exchanges with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Mohsen Rezaei met with Putin in Moscow and Putin stated he would provide any help to end the war, while Entekhab also described a separate thread of U.S. military engagement after the ceasefire violation on 17 Tir 1405.
Donald Trump said, “I would rather not destroy the rest of the country if possible; but I may have to do this. You will understand soon,” and Entekhab also included Trump’s claim that “For about seven months, six months, no one has been killed.”
Negotiations had stalled since the failure of the interim peace agreement reached in June, and Iran demands the United States lift the naval blockade on its ports among other concessions.