Evidence

Multiple independent news outlets — Al Jazeera, CNN, Axios (in two separate stories), Townhall, Middle East Eye, and the wire-aggregator Devdiscourse — reported in late September that an unnamed US official described ongoing indirect US-Iran talks, mediated by Qatar, as 'positive and constructive.' The official reportedly added that a final deal would still require progress on Iran's nuclear program, and Axios later reported that despite this characterization, the talks made little real progress and Trump publicly disputed offering Iran any concessions. No formal fact-checking organization (Reuters Fact Check, AFP Fact Check, Bellingcat, EUvsDisinfo) appears to have investigated this specific quote, likely because it is a straightforward attributed statement rather than a disputed image, video, or fabricated claim.