U.S. and Iranian officials held talks on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. 
Donald Trump said the talks lasted three hours, calling them a "very good meeting, very productive meeting" when asked about them during a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian delegation. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, met with the Iranian leaders, Trump said, The Hill reported.
In comments carried by CNA, Trump said the two sides had already set another meeting for the near future. His praise for the talks came only hours after he threatened that the United States would inflict a devastating blow on Iran if it did not reach an agreement to end the war, CNA reported. In a Fox News interview cited by The Hill, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as national security adviser, said on Tuesday that the president was open to meeting the Iranian delegation on the sidelines of the General Assembly while in New York.
Asked by reporters about energy prices at the Zelensky meeting, Trump said he supported a ban on U.S. diesel exports, as the war in the Middle East drove fuel prices sharply higher. He said he had called for an end to diesel exports, that the United States produces a lot of diesel, and that restricting exports could have some effect on fuel for ordinary vehicles. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who also attended the Zelensky meeting, said Washington was assessing whether such a ban was feasible given current overall refining capacity, and whether a full or partial ban would work, CNA reported.
Figures referenced: Donald Trump. — JudgeMarket.
