Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Will Donald Trump really meet with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei?

Donald Trump, in his usual way, has thrown into the air an idea that he might meet up with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader to discuss and sign an agreement. Could this ever happen? It's difficult to imagine the two men meeting and shaking hands. Not after the destruction US bombs and missiles have done to Iran, not after the bombing of Iran's three main nuclear sites, and particularly not after Mojtaba Khamenei was grievously wounded when bombs killed his father, the then suprme leader, on day one of the US/Israeli attacks on Iran that began on February 28. However, if Trump has put forward the idea, I guess it's just possible the matter has been raised but I would have thought it was wishful thinking that the supreme leader would agree to sit down with the US president. And where would such a meeting take place? Not in Washington, that's for sure. And not in Tehran. It would have to be somewhere like Qatar or possibly Pakistan. But first of all, we have to have an agreement, and that seems far away at the moment, with bombs and drones falling most days. The Strait of Hormuz is not totally static, a few ships have been going through on the Omani side of the chokepoint with US warships coordinating their safe passage. But we are only talking about a dozen or so. All the rest are still stuck out in the Gulf of Oman or Gulf or Arabia. The crews must be sick to death of their situation. If there is going to be a deal to sign and a meeting between Trump and Khamenei, the sooner the better.

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