Donald Trump says Iran "wants to make a deal, quickly and badly" amid renewed fighting in Yemen

Amid renewed fighting in Yemen, President Donald Trump left open the possibility of negotiations with Iran. Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei responded that Tehran would not enter talks before its requirements were fulfilled. The exchange occurred as Houthi forces, having captured Yemen’s Red Sea coast and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, targeted Saudi ships and struck Saudi territory, drawing Saudi pledges of retaliation and Saudi-Egyptian appeals for safe navigation. A Saudi-led coalition said 13 civilians were wounded, and the U.N. said 100,000 people had been displaced within Yemen. According to U.S. media accounts, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally sought American involvement, but Trump declined. Tehran has long backed the Houthis but denies a role in the renewed war, and experts disagree about its involvement. A planned Gulf-Iran gathering about Hormuz was postponed.