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Trump claims: Iran called
Updated April 13, 2026 – 10:47 p.mReading time: 32 minutes
Executions in Iran have reached a 35-year high. Trump threatens. All developments in the news blog.
After the diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran failed for the time being, the Iranians have reported to the USA, according to US President Donald Trump. “I can tell you that we got a call from the other side,” Trump said at midday (local time) in the US capital Washington. “They want to make a deal” – badly, he said. There was initially no corresponding public statement from Iran.
According to Trump, the US war aim that Iran should never have a nuclear weapon was a central point of contention in the negotiations over the weekend. The Iranians have not agreed to this, but he thinks they will. “I’m almost certain. In fact, I’m certain,” Trump said. “If they don’t agree, there’s no deal.” Iran will not have nuclear weapons and will receive its highly enriched uranium, which is said to be located deep beneath Iran’s nuclear facilities. Trump emphasized that the Iranians would either release the supplies themselves or they would get them.
The direct negotiations between the USA and Iran ended early Sunday morning without an agreement. In Pakistan, the scene of the negotiations at the weekend, rumors of new talks between Iran and the United States have recently increased again. “Diplomacy is not dead yet,” a Pakistani government official told the German Press Agency. However, it is still unclear where and when the talks could continue.
Shortly before a historic meeting of Israeli and Lebanese representatives, Hezbollah leader Naim Kassim called for the upcoming talks between Lebanon and Israel to be broken off. Kassim called on the government in Beirut to take a “historic stance” in a televised speech. She should cancel the meeting.
