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US-Iran relations have been tense for a long time, with repeated sanctions and negotiations surrounding the Iranian nuclear issue. The Trump administration has unilaterally withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal and imposed maximum pressure sanctions. Attempts to restart negotiations have been slow since the Biden administration took office. In the current situation, Trump claimed that U.S. and Iranian negotiators exchanged information through mediators, but did not disclose details.
China News Service, September 29. According to comprehensive foreign media reports, US President Trump told the media at the White House on the 28th that negotiators from the United States and Iran have exchanged information through the mediator, adding that the United States will win this war against Iran "very soon."
When asked about the progress of the U.S.-Iran negotiations, Trump did not disclose specific details of the negotiations, but said "we will win." He also said that after the United States wins the war, gasoline prices will drop significantly.
Earlier in the day, CBS reported that indirect talks between the United States and Iran began on the morning of the 28th. Previously, Iranian media reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi will lead an Iranian delegation to meet with the US-Iran negotiation mediators in New York on the morning of the 28th to discuss the latest proposals on the current situation.
According to a report by the US Axios news website on the 28th, an anonymous US official revealed that Trump is willing to lift sanctions on Iran and unfreeze Iran's frozen funds on the premise that Iran takes substantive steps on the nuclear issue. The official also emphasized that the United States will not reach an agreement with Iran unless the Iranian nuclear issue is resolved, saying that the two sides still have differences "on issues such as the timing of fulfilling commitments and who takes action first."
On the 22nd, U.S. presidential envoy Witkov and Trump’s son-in-law Kushner held indirect talks with Araghchi during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. According to US media reports, Iran proposed that if the United States lifts its maritime blockade, lifts oil sales sanctions and restores regional ceasefires, 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. However, Trump said in a telephone interview with the Axios news website on the 27th that he expected the United States and Iran to restart negotiations within the next week.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The U.S. and Iran will restart negotiations within a week
Likely · Within days
If Iran takes substantive nuclear steps, the United States will lift sanctions and unfreeze funds
Possible · Within weeks

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a rare series of 24 social media posts, saying that the Iranian armed forces have pushed back enemy forces from the southern seas to the Arabian Sea and will soon drive them out of the Arabian Sea. At the same time, US President Trump twice posted a map of the Strait of Hormuz on social media and labeled it the "Trump Strait." The Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized a US military underwater drone on the same day. Markets reacted to the tensions, with both Brent and WTI crude prices rising sharply. The article pointed out that both parties expressed their willingness to negotiate, but the specific content is still unclear.

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U.S. President Trump said on the 28th that the United States will soon win the war against Iran and said that oil prices will fall sharply after the war. Despite his optimistic stance, the market is still skeptical about the US-Iran ceasefire. International oil prices rose slightly on the 28th, with WTI crude oil at US$92.60/barrel and Brent crude oil at US$105.28/barrel.

U.S. President Trump said that U.S. and Iranian officials spoke with mediators aiming to end the war between the U.S. and Iran on September 28, local time, saying that "we will win" and "the situation will be resolved soon." Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi and the Qatari mediator are currently in the United States. The two sides are expected to hold talks through the mediator again on the 28th or 29th, focusing on negotiating and revising Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days.

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