{"id":4912,"date":"2026-01-27T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/national\/trump-says-iran-wants-to-make-a-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:37:48","slug":"trump-says-iran-wants-to-make-a-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/national\/trump-says-iran-wants-to-make-a-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran wants to make a deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"ai-voice-player-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ai-voice-player-container\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p>        <!-- Summary Section (Initially Hidden) --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- Translate Section --><\/p>\n<div id=\"ai-voice-translate-section\" class=\"feature-section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"feature-content\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <select id=\"ai-voice-translate-select\">&#13;<option value=\"en\">English (Original)<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"es\">Spanish &#8211; Espa\u00f1ol<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"fr\">French &#8211; Fran\u00e7ais<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"de\">German &#8211; Deutsch<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"ar\">Arabic &#8211; \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"zh-CN\">Chinese &#8211; \u4e2d\u6587<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"ja\">Japanese &#8211; \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"ru\">Russian &#8211; \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"pt\">Portuguese &#8211; Portugu\u00eas<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"it\">Italian &#8211; Italiano<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"ko\">Korean &#8211; \ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"nl\">Dutch &#8211; Nederlands<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"tr\">Turkish &#8211; T\u00fcrk\u00e7e<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"pl\">Polish &#8211; Polski<\/option>&#13;<option value=\"hi\">Hindi &#8211; \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940<\/option>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/select>&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- Read Along Section --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- Ask AI Section --><\/p>\n<div id=\"ai-voice-askai-section\" class=\"feature-section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"feature-content\">\n<div id=\"ai-voice-chat-messages\" class=\"chat-messages\">\n<div class=\"chat-message ai-message\">\n<p>\ud83e\udd16<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                            Hi! I&#8217;m here to help you understand this article. Ask me anything about the content!&#13;\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <input type=\"text\" id=\"ai-voice-chat-input\" class=\"chat-input\" placeholder=\"Ask about the article...\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <button id=\"ai-voice-chat-send\" class=\"send-btn\">Send<\/button>&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>By Sean Rayment<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The US President has said Iran wanted to make a deal as an American \u201carmada\u201d, including the USS\u00a0<em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em> aircraft carrier and guided missile destroyers, arrived in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Previous threats of a US strike were said to have been called off after Iran said it would no longer execute dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump told the Axios news site on Monday that the \u201carmada next to Iran\u201d was bigger than the force sent to waters near Venezuela before the abduction of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. \u201cThey want to make a deal,\u201d he said, referring to the Iranians. \u201cI know so. They called on numerous occasions. They want to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, Trump refused to discuss the options for intervention presented to him by his national security team. It said the \u201cdeal\u201d was likely to include removing Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities, capping its stockpile of long-range missiles and changing its policy of supporting militarised proxies across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The protests have been largely quashed since a bloody crackdown. Many injured young people avoided hospitals, fearing arrest by undercover guards searching for those with gunshot wounds and identifying them as dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>According to doctors and surgeons, the protests, initially quelled using pellet guns, escalated to live fire. Injuries ranged from close-range gunshot wounds to the head, eyes, chest and genitals.<\/p>\n<p>Some doctors based outside Iran place the death toll at 33,000 or more. Iran\u2019s government has given an official toll of 3,117. It said 2,427 were civilians and security forces, and that the rest were \u201cterrorists\u201d. The regime has blamed foreign intervention for the protests.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses and testimonies from hospitals, morgues and graveyards paint a bleak picture of authorities attempting to conceal deaths. Bodies were said to have disappeared or been transported to different cities, families forced to sign forged death certificates with altered dates and causes of death, and rows of unidentified and uncounted corpses observed.<\/p>\n<p>The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said it had confirmed the deaths of at least 5,777 protesters, 214 government-affiliated forces, 86 children and 49 uninvolved civilians, as well as more than 41,800 arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll is difficult to verify because of the continued internet shutdown. It is not known whether any of the deaths occurred after Mr Trump\u2019s assertion that the killings had stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The regime is allowing people to use the internet for 20 minutes a day, according to reports. It has been almost totally blocked since the protests peaked earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Those opposed to the regime say they are unable to share information or coordinate further protests abroad because of continued arrests, threats of execution, phone checks and raids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey came to the house, took everyone\u2019s passports, went through their phones, removed their home cameras and froze all their bank accounts,\u201d said one testimony shared with\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em>\u00a0via Telegram. \u201cWe can\u2019t work, we can\u2019t buy food. 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