“We’re dealing with a man, who I believe is the most respected and the leader,” Trump said.

Axar.az reports, citing The Hill, U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say to whom Witkoff was speaking, saying he did not want them to be killed.“

"Nobody wants that job right now. Nobody’s exactly looking forward to being the head of that particular country, but perhaps we’ll be able to solve that problem,” he said.

Referring to Khamenei, Trump said: “we have not heard from the son. Every once in a while you’ll see a statement made [from Khamenei] but we don’t know if he’s living,” Trump said.

“But the people that seem to be running it, and they seem that based on really fact, because things they’ve said have taken place,” he continued.

Israel’s Jerusalem Post reported that the U.S.–Iran negotiations are being led by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.