US in talks with ‘top person’ who is ‘most respected’ in Iran: Trump

WASHINGTON: (Mar 24) President Donald Trump on Monday refused to name the Iranian leader the US is in talks with to end the three-week-old war, asserting that the interlocutor was a “top person” who is “most respected” in that country.

Speaking to reporters at the Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, Trump made it clear that the US was not in talks with the “second” Supreme Leader, a reference to Ayatollah Khamanei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei.

“A top person … We are dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader,” Trump said as he headed for Memphis after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort.