Economics
U.S. Wants to Hear From Top Iran Leaders After Downing of Drone
- Comment comes after Trump says U.S. destroyed Iranian drone
- Trump withdrew from nuclear pact in 2015, escalating tensions
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The Trump administration wants to hear directly from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani or Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, about whether the Islamic Republic is interested in negotiations, a U.S. official said.
The official spoke to reporters in Washington Friday amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran. President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. “immediately destroyed” an Iranian drone that approached the USS Boxer near the Strait of Hormuz, but officials in Tehran denied losing one.