Trump says the U.S. and Iran will restart negotiations within a week and consider launching an attack on Iran

China News Service, September 28. According to the US Axios news website, US President Trump said in a telephone interview with the media on the 27th that he expected the United States and Iran to restart negotiations within the next week.

Asked if he was considering resuming attacks on Iran, Trump said he was "considering it all the time."

In addition, Trump also said that the US military is assisting in transporting "a large amount of oil" from the Strait of Hormuz. He said the volume of crude oil passing through the strait at the end of last week reached its highest level since the war began. "Over 20 million barrels," Trump said.

A U.S. defense official confirmed Trump's statement, saying 22 million barrels of crude oil were exported through the strait on Friday night.

The media also quoted regional sources as saying that the United States and Iran are expected to hold a new round of indirect dialogue as early as the 28th. Mediators such as Qatar are mediating, but the United States and Iran have huge differences on key issues. Iran hopes to focus negotiations on the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the U.S. naval blockade on Iran, while the Trump administration is demanding that Iran agree to make concessions on the nuclear issue.

Previously, on the 22nd, U.S. presidential envoy Witkov and Trump’s son-in-law Kushner had indirect talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. According to US media reports, Iran proposed that if the United States lifts its naval blockade, lifts oil sales sanctions, and restores a regional ceasefire, Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear negotiations within seven days. Trump confirmed to the media on the 26th that he had rejected Iran’s proposal.

In an interview with NBC on the 27th, Araghchi said that despite Trump's public remarks, the United States has not yet formally conveyed its decision to reject Iran's proposal to Iran through the mediator. Iran is ready to resume war with the United States and is ready for diplomatic contacts at any time. He said that the U.S. midterm elections are not a consideration for Iran. "We only care about our own national interests. We are willing to negotiate."