IFP- In an article published by the UK-based Al Quds al-Arabi newspaper, it is said that the US president-elect Trump has voiced his support for direct talks with Iran in recent years.

�In 2011, Trump told CNN that Iran might be an evil empire, and Iranians might be bad people, but no one has ever held talks with them,� said the article, as reported by Arya News and translated by IFP.

In that interview, Trump even expressed his willingness to hold talks with Iran�s then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Commenting about Ahmadinejad, Trump said that he has reasons to hate the US.