Trump pitches shared US-Iran Strait of Hormuz control, claims regime change 'already happened' - Jerusalem Post Staff, Amichai Stein

 

by Jerusalem Post Staff, Amichai Stein

Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is leading the talks with the United States, a source told The Jerusalem Post.

 

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on March 23, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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US President Donald Trump said that the US may share control of the Strait of Hormuz with Iran, while also suggesting that regime change has already happened, given the number of regime officials eliminated thus far in the war, while speaking to reporters on Monday.

"Maybe me, me and the Ayatollah, whoever the Ayatollah, whoever the next Ayatollah is. And there will also be some form of regime change, very serious regime change."

Trump said the conversations, during which the two sides had "major points of agreement," took place on Sunday and involved the "top" Iranian leadership, though he had not heard from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, and further noted that he does not know if Khamenei is alive.

Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is leading the talks with the United States, a source told The Jerusalem Post.

"We're dealing with the man who I believe is the most respected and the leader," Trump said.

A man cleans a billboard featuring Iran's late supreme leaders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) next to newly elected supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, on the outskirts of Srinagar on March 23, 2026. (credit: Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

"But we're dealing with people who I find very reasonable, very stable," Trump said.

Mediating countries are trying to convene a meeting this week between senior American and Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, a source familiar with the details told the Post.

"All I'm saying is, we are in the throes of a real possibility of making a deal," Trump told reporters before departing Florida for Memphis.

Witkoff, Kushner held talks with Iran

Trump added that his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, held the talks.

"We have had very, very strong talks. We'll see where they lead. We have points, major points of agreement, I would say, almost all points of agreement... we've had very strong talks, Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner had them," Trump said.

The President said that the talks had also involved the issue of uranium enrichment, saying that he remains committed to zero enrichment for Iran, as well as Iran's surrender of existing enriched uranium.

Reuters contributed to this report. 

Jerusalem Post Staff, Amichai Stein

Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-890939

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