President Donald Trump said on Sept. 27 that he expects talks with Iran to resume this week, while declining to rule out military strikes before the U.S. midterm elections.
Last week, Iran proposed a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for resuming nuclear talks with Washington. Trump rejected the proposal.
The president told Axios in a phone interview that the proposal did not meet his expectations.
“I expect more talks with Iran [this week]. They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that I want to make. It is what we would have maybe agreed to a year ago,” he said. “They overplayed their hand.”…