Trump Says Iran Can Call US If It Wants To Negotiate

2 min readUpdated: Apr 26, 2026 09:58 PM IST

US President Donald Trump on Sunday reportedly said that Iran can reach out to Washington if it wants to negotiate an end to the war between the two nations which started on February 28 after Israel and America launched joint attacks on the Islamic Republic.

During an interview with Fox News‘ “The Sunday ‌Briefing,” Trump said, “If they ⁠want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines.”

The US president further added that he believes the Iran war will come to an end “very soon” and that Washington will come out as the winner in the conflict. “Some of people we are dealing with now on Iran are very reasonable, others are not. I hope Iran will be smart,” Trump said.

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Trump had earlier canceled a trip of his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday, which came as a setback to negotiating prospects after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi departed Islamabad after holding talks with Pakistani officials only.

However, Araghchi returned to Pakistan on Sunday despite no presence of US delegation in the country.

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