Sri Lanka, March 26 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his claim that he is in talks with Iran to end the nearly month-long war, even as Tehran flatly denied any negotiations were underway.

Speaking at a Republican fundraiser, Trump went further, making the extraordinary assertion that Iran's leadership had informally floated the idea of him becoming the Islamic Republic's next Supreme Leader, but he turned them down.

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