Trump said 'serious' talks are ongoing with Tehran.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei later chosen to succeed him.
Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and expanding its ground operations in the south of the country.Trump says US dealing with a 'whole new set of people' in Iran President Donald Trump told the New York Post on Monday that the U.S. is talking to new leaders in Iran, without providing more details. "There has been total regime change because the regimes of the past are gone and we're dealing with a whole new set of people," Trump said. "And thus far, they've been much more reasonable." President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 29, 2026. The president also said the U.S. response to Iranian strikes on an Israeli oil refinery would be seen soon.Trump added that the U.S. is waiting to see if Iran's Parliamentary Leader Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will work with the U.S., and he claimed that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was "seriously injured." "We're gonna find out," Trump told The Post when asked about Ghalibaf. "I'll let you know that in about a week."Asked if he was still alive, Trump said that he "probably" was.Spain's defense minister says the country has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war. Spain had already said the U.S. couldn't use jointly operated military bases in the country for operations related to the conflict. Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Monday that the same logic applied to the use of Spanish airspace in the conflict. Spain's government under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been Europe's most critical voice of U.S. and Israeli military actions in the Middle East.President Donald Trump said in a post to social media on Monday morning that the U.S. is currently engaged in "serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran," but threatened to expand U.S. strikes if the negotiations fail. "Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately 'Open for Business,' we will conclude our lovely 'stay' in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island , which we have purposefully not yet 'touched,'" Trump wrote. "This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime's 47 year 'Reign of Terror,'" Trump added.More than a month into the war with Iran, President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One Sunday that negotiations with the country are still ongoing, "directly and indirectly," and that he could "see a deal" with the country coming through "soon."IN FLIGHT - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media onboard Air Force One on March 29, 2026 while en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. However, he also acknowledged that "it's possible we won't" come to a deal and added, "you never know with Iran." Asked if he is still considering boots on the ground and if he would consider doing so without Congressional approval, Trump did not reply yes or no, instead insisting that he has "lots of alternatives." "I just have lots of alternatives. We have tremendous numbers of ships over there. We don't need them all because of, you know, the power," Trump said.
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