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Coverage dated March 14, 2026

Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but he's not ready to make a deal

Headline from NBC Los Angeles

The president said the "terms aren't good enough yet" to make a deal with Iran amid a widening war in the Middle East.

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but he's not ready to make a deal (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    The president said the "terms aren't good enough yet" to make a deal with Iran amid a widening war in the Middle East.

  2. Newsweek

    Iranian official rejects Trump’s claim Iran wants to make a deal (opens Newsweek)

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    Iran's foreign minister told CBS News his nation “never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation.”

  3. The Guardian

    US not ready to seek deal to end war with Iran, Donald Trump says (opens The Guardian)

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    Tehran wants ceasefire but terms ‘not good enough yet’, US president claims, as both sides launch new waves of strikes

  4. Al-Monitor

    Iran FM says Tehran 'never asked for ceasefire' as Trump seeks to secure Hormuz (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that Tehran has “never asked for a ceasefire, we have never asked even for negotiation,” rejecting claims made a day earlier by US President Donald Trump that Iran was seeking a deal to end the war.

  5. Al-Monitor

    Trump says US not ready to agree deal to end Iran war (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Donald Trump warned that he is not ready to seek a deal to end the war with Iran, as US ally Israel launched a new wave of strikes Sunday and Tehran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to hunt down and kill the Israeli leader.

  6. New York Post

    Trump says Iran wants to end the war – but terms of a potential deal ‘aren’t good enough’ (opens New York Post)

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    President Trump on Saturday said Iran is ready to make a deal to end the war, but he’s holding off because the terms of the proposed deal "aren't good enough.”

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