THE NEW YORK TIMES: The United States and Iran accused each other of launching new strikes. President Trump told The New York Post that Iran’s supreme leader is involved in peace talks, and he hopes to meet him.
Kuwait said one person was killed and more than 60 people were injured in an Iranian drone attack on a passenger terminal at the country’s international airport on Wednesday, after a new round of strikes between the United States and Iran.
The fresh hostilities came as President Trump said in an interview with The New York Post published Wednesday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was involved in the negotiations to end the war and that he hoped to meet with him.
There was no immediate comment from the Iranian authorities, and it was far from clear whether the hard-line ayatollah — who is believed to have been injured in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that began the war and has not been seen in public for months — would be willing to meet with Mr. Trump.
Even as the two sides negotiate over a framework to end the war and maintain that the cease-fire between them remains in effect, the United States and Iran have launched a series of attacks in recent days. The U.S. military has described its actions as self-defense, while Iran has said it is retaliating against American attacks.
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