Trump says Iranian officials called, want deal ‘badly’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday that Iranian representatives had called to make a peace deal after talks in Pakistan ended at the weekend without agreement.

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“I can tell you that we’ve been called by the other side. They’d like to make a deal. Very badly, very badly,” Trump told reporters outside the Oval Office, without identifying which officials had called.