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Having met with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, President Trump said Monday that he was open to meeting with Iran’s leaders. Such a summit would be the first between Iran and the United States since before the 1979 Islamic revolution. His aides later indicated that Iran must first make “tangible” policy shifts. Iran said talks were not possible with an “unreliable” US. Still, Mr. Trump was clear about why he favored meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: “I believe in ... speaking to other people, especially when you are talking about potentials of war and death and famine.” His strategy is similar to that of President Barack Obama, who believed that not talking to adversaries should not be considered punishment. The regime of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would find it hard to hold a summit with the US. Still, more top leaders in Iran have come to accept that the country must become a full democracy rather than rely on the absolute authority of a Muslim cleric. At the least, talking about talks with Iran might, as Mr. Obama would say, reveal the intentions and nature of the regime.