Friday, March 27, 2026

Trump claims Iranian officials ‘fear own people’

U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that unnamed Iranian officials are seeking to negotiate with him but are afraid of consequences from both their own population and the United States.

“They want to make a deal so badly, but they’re afraid to say it because they figure they’ll be killed by their own people. They’re also afraid they’ll be killed by us,” Trump said, without identifying the alleged contacts.

Iranian officials have rejected reports of any ongoing discussions with Washington, describing them as “fake news” and “illogical,” and stating that Tehran is pursuing a permanent resolution rather than a temporary ceasefire, which it says has previously led to betrayal.

According to the The Wall Street Journal, the US and Israel have previously targeted Iranian officials, but Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf have reportedly been temporarily removed from a kill list to preserve potential diplomatic channels.



The White House has also warned it could “unleash hell” if Tehran refuses to accept a proposed agreement, following reports of a 15-point ultimatum that Iran has dismissed.

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  1. Agreement from the backstabbers ?? Why Iran would be so foolish to agree on this ?
    Also that so called Pace Plan in 15 points looks like an ultimatum. And in reality is the ultimatum.
    Now almost inevitable Ground Invasion will be a new Vietnam for these fools.

    What a character ! The world of politics has never seen anything like it. Somebody who was saying: ‘No foreign wars’ as a well known slogan during elections is now stumbling in a new Vietnam like situation ? This man was a fraud since day 1 since he stepped into politics but few only can see this. He is a mole!

    Iranian military is clearly much different than what the Empire was expecting. And with every day Israel will look more like Gaza.
    And this is just the start. Iranian new generation missiles have even hardly been used.
    It seems that this is mutually assured destruction except Iran with the population of 92 million people and fairly good and modern weaponry will always prevail. The western leaders have lost that little brain that they had before they attacked.

    • Trump’s megalomania is being used by the globalist “elite” to try to take control over all the worlds resources. America, and its military is merely the cudgel – not the intended beneficiary.
      I suspect they will fail, and even Venezuela will slip from the grasp before too long.

    • And so are ” dissidents” also badly treated in european ” democraties”.
      UK, France and Germany among others.
      They even go to prison for comments on fakebook !!

  2. Donald J. Trump – the Clown Prince of Clown World.
    Clown World is a very dangerous place full of mentally deranged freaks.

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