President Donald Trump told reporters at White House on Thursday that he was willing to hold talks with the Iranian leaders, should they reach out to him.
"What I would like to see with Iran, I would like to see them call me," Trump said.
The US president claimed that John Kerry, former secretary of state, had told Iran "not to call."
"But they should call … If they do, we are open to talk to them."
Trump also said that he ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier group to the Persian Gulf because the Iranians "were threatening."
"We have information that you don't want to know about," he said. "We don't want them to have nuclear weapons — not much to ask."
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