What we know about Trump's 'talks' with Iran

PARIS — U.S. President Donald Trump has executed another spectacular about-turn, from threatening to escalate the Iran war to announcing "very good" talks to end it, which were denied by the Islamic republic. AFP looks at the facts, the speculation and what might happen now: Are there talks happening? Yes, according to Trump, no according to Tehran, but it might depend on what is meant by "talks". Trump claimed on Monday that the U.S. had been engaging with an unnamed Iranian leader whom he described as "the man who I believe is the most respected and the leader" and was "very reasonable." He clarified that the individual was not the country's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said by state media to have been injured in an airstrike. The Axios news site, citing an unnamed Israeli official, identified the mystery interlocutor as Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's powerful speaker of parliament who is one of the most prominent non-clerical figures in Tehran. But Ghalibaf stated that "no negotiations" were underway in a post on X, adding that the announcement was "fake news" intended "to manipu

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