President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, urging the negotiation of a new deal on the country’s nuclear program. The letter was conveyed on Thursday. Trump himself revealed the overture in a Friday interview with Fox Business, a first such significant engagement of the administration with Tehran, which is somewhat surprising given Trump’s tone regarding Iran has been hawkish, especially on the prior campaign trail. Wide-ranging sanctions are still on the banking, energy, and defense sectors – and have been for years. “I’ve written them a letter saying I hope you negotiate, because if we have to go in militarily, it’s going to be a terrible thing for them,” Trump confirmed to Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo. “The other alternative is you have to do something because Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon,” he followed with, echoing his prior message warning that Tehran can either sign a deal or potentially get bombed. Click here to read more.