{"id":11808,"date":"2026-03-30T13:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=11808"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:41:16","slug":"trump-reveals-identity-of-secret-iran-negotiation-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/defense-news\/trump-reveals-identity-of-secret-iran-negotiation-partner\/njackson\/2026\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Reveals Identity Of Secret Iran Negotiation Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that his administration is engaged in talks with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, identifying for the first time the official he has described as a key contact in ongoing negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confirmation was reported by New York Post national security correspondent Caitlin Doornbos, who said Trump told her the U.S. is negotiating directly with Ghalibaf and suggested it would soon become clear whether the talks could produce results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump confirmed to me today that the US is negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, saying we&#39;ll &quot;find out in about a week&quot; whether he is someone America can truly work with.<\/p>&mdash; Caitlin Doornbos (@CaitlinDoornbos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaitlinDoornbos\/status\/2038630202540949519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump \u201cconfirmed to me today that the US is negotiating with Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, saying we\u2019ll \u2018find out in about a week\u2019 whether he is someone America can truly work with,\u201d Doornbos reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disclosure follows days of speculation after Trump announced on Truth Social that \u201cVERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS\u201d were underway between the United States and Iran, even as tensions remained high following recent military escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s announcement of talks came alongside a significant policy shift. Just hours after warning that Iran could face \u201ctotal decimation\u201d if it failed to comply with U.S. demands over the Strait of Hormuz, the president ordered a five-day pause on planned strikes targeting Iranian energy infrastructure, citing progress in negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before naming Ghalibaf, Trump had declined to identify his counterpart, telling reporters only that discussions were taking place with \u201ca top person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cA top person. Don\u2019t forget, we wiped out the leadership, phase one, and phase two and largely phase three. But we\u2019re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader. It is a little tough. We\u2019ve wiped out everybody,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When pressed at the time on whether he was referring to Iran\u2019s leadership, Trump ruled out direct contact with the country\u2019s newly named supreme leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNo, not the supreme leader. Nobody has heard of the second supreme leader, the son. We have not heard from the son. Everyone said you\u2019ve seen a statement made, we don\u2019t know if he is living. But the people that seem to be running it, and they seem that based on, really, fact because things they\u2019ve said have taken place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Following those remarks, <em>The Jerusalem Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AmichaiStein1\/status\/2036084426929516850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Trump\u2019s backchannel contact was Ghalibaf. The Iranian official quickly denied the claim, posting on X that no negotiations were taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIranian people demand complete and remorseful punishment of the aggressors. All Iranian officials stand firmly behind their supreme leader and people until this goal is achieved. No negotiations have been held with the US, and fakenews is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the denial, Trump reiterated his position in comments to Doornbos, suggesting the administration is actively testing whether Ghalibaf represents a viable negotiating partner as conflict continues to unfold across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna find out,\u201d Trump told The Post when asked about Iran\u2019s Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. \u201cI\u2019ll let you know that in about a week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump also indicated that recent developments inside Iran may have altered the diplomatic landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThere has been total regime change because the regimes of the past are gone and we\u2019re dealing with a whole new set of people. And thus far, they\u2019ve been much more reasonable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The conflicting accounts underscore ongoing uncertainty around the status of negotiations, even as the Trump administration signals optimism about a potential resolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/5807166-us-iran-peace-talks-pakistan\/\">The Hill<\/a>, Pakistan on Sunday said it would host talks aimed at ending the U.S.-Iran war, after diplomats from Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia met in Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPakistan will be honored to host and facilitate meaningful talks between the two sides in coming days in a comprehensive sentiment of the ongoing conflict,\u201d Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in a speech&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/5806308-pakistan-turkey-saudi-egypt-iran-war-talks\/\">after the meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not immediately clear if the U.S. and Iran would take part in the talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/5806893-iran-warns-that-us-college-campuses-in-middle-east-could-become-legitimate-targets\/\">said U.S. universities<\/a>&nbsp;based in the Middle East \u201care legitimate targets\u201d after its military said joint U.S.-Israeli strikes hit two colleges in the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe reckless rulers of the White House should know that from<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>now on, all universities of the occupying regime and American universities in the West Asia region are legitimate targets for us until two universities are struck in retaliation for the Iranian universities that have been destroyed,\u201d it wrote&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IRTruePromise\/status\/2038017446192271719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2038017446192271719%7Ctwgr%5Ed2bd393de1e56706aaafebd4c128e172949630ef%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F2599923%2Firan-warns-of-strikes-on-us-linked-universities-in-region-after-campus-bombings\">in a post<\/a>&nbsp;on the social platform X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll staff, professors, and students of American universities in the region, as well as residents in their surroundings, are advised to stay at least one kilometer away from these universities to ensure their safety,\u201d the statement continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 FROM NOW ON ALL UNIVERSITIES OF AMERICA IN THE REGION ARE LEGITIMATE TARGETS.<br><br>&quot;Warning to the criminal rulers of America!<br>The zionist American invading forces have bombed Tehran University of Science and Technology, targeting Iranian universities with their bombings for the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ECqaxb5pOm\">pic.twitter.com\/ECqaxb5pOm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; True Promise &#8211; \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642 \u272a\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 (@IRTruePromise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IRTruePromise\/status\/2038017446192271719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many American universities have satellite campuses in the region, including New York University, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University and Texas A&amp;M University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, President Trump\u00a0threatened to attack\u00a0Iran\u2019s energy infrastructure on Monday morning in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116317880658472708\">Truth Social post<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately \u201cOpen for Business,\u201d we will conclude our lovely \u201cstay\u201d in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet \u201ctouched.\u201d This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime\u2019s 47 year \u201cReign of Terror.\u201d Thank you for your attention to this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class= \"house-ad\"><center><p class= \"sponsored\">Sponsored<\/p><strong><span style=\" color:#ff0004\" class=\" has-inline-color has-text-align-center\"><a href= \"https:\/\/secure.winred.com\/nrsc\/nationwide-census-vvq-donjr-e-db\/?utm_term=db-nrsc-em463-004&#038;source_code=db-nrsc-em463-004&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=db_db&#038;utm_campaign=accessconfidentialsurveycensusdonjr_donjr_nrsc&#038;utm_content=fundraising&#038;amtposition=4&#038;amt4=100&#038;recurring=true&#038;ex_tid=20260302_GU-OR.117371_t1817246-575&#038;exitintent=true\"> FROM THE DESK OF DONALD TRUMP JR. 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