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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nUS President Donald Trump<\/a> said on Sunday that Iran’s new leadership wants to talk to him and that he agreed, according to an interview with The Atlantic magazine.“They want to talk, and I agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them. They should do it sooner. They should give what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long,” Trump said in the interview from his Florida residence.Trump did not specify who he would speak with or say whether it would occur on Sunday or Monday but noted that some of the Iranians involved in negotiations in recent weeks were no longer alive. <\/p>\n IRAN WAR: Trump’s First Video Message To Khamenei & Iranians; Confirms Combat Ops | ‘Surrender Now’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cMost of those people are gone. Some of the people we were dealing with are gone, because that was a big\u2014that was a big hit,\u201d he said. \u201cThey should have done it sooner, Michael. They could have made a deal. They should\u2019ve done it sooner. They played too cute.\u201dIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> said a leadership council composed of himself, the judiciary head, and a member of the powerful Guardians Council temporarily assumed the duties of supreme leader following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.When asked whether he was willing to prolong the US bombing campaign against Iran to support a popular uprising if one unfolded, \u201cWill they continue to get support if it takes some time to overthrow the regime?\u201d Trump was noncommittal. \u201cI have to look at the situation at the time it happens, Michael. You can\u2019t give an answer to that question,\u201d he said. But the President also expressed confidence that a successful uprising was coming, noting the signs of celebration in the streets of Iran and supportive gatherings of expatriate Iranians in New York and Los Angeles. \u201cThat is going to happen. You are seeing that, and I think it\u2019s going to happen. A lot of people are extremely happy over there and in Los Angeles and in many other places,\u201d he said. Trump told the magazine that he was pleased with Iranian people\u2019s reaction so far. \u201cKnowing it\u2019s very dangerous, knowing I told everybody to stay in place\u2014I think it\u2019s a very dangerous place right now,\u201d he told me. \u201cThe people over there are shouting in the streets with happiness, but at the same time, there are a lot of bombs coming down.”<\/div>\n\n