Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News that the US was hopeful about a long-term peace deal, Al Jazeera reports.

“We are already talking to each other, not just directly but also through interlocutors. I think that the conversations are promising. We are hopeful that we can have a long-term peace agreement that resurrects Iran,” Witkoff said.

“Now it’s for us to sit down with the Iranians and get to a comprehensive peace agreement, and I am very confident that we are going to achieve that,” he added.

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff  speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, US on May 28, 2025. — Reuters
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, US on May 28, 2025. — Reuters

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