President Donald Trump on Sunday said Iran government are reaching out to have talk with him after Saturday’s airstrikes that killed the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top members of his government.

The American president, in a telephone conversation with The Atlantic on Sunday, said that Iran’s government were now willing to talk, noting that their request was late.

“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them. They should have done it sooner. They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long,” Mr Trump The Atlantic.

Asked when his talk with Iranian government would happen, Mr Trump said, “I can’t tell you that,” explaining that most of the top Iranian officials he spoke with before had been killed in Saturday’s raid.

“Most of those people are gone. Some of the people we were dealing with are gone, because that was a big—that was a big hit. They should have done it sooner. They could have made a deal. They should’ve done it sooner. They played too cute,” Mr Trump said.

Earlier on Sunday, Iranian state media reported that President Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s head of the judiciary, would lead a temporary leadership council to oversee the country’s transitional phase.

Saturday’s attack jointly executed by U.S. and Israel forces led to the death of Mr Khamenei and several other members of his regime.

State media earlier reported Mr Khamenei’s death in the Saturday and that of about 40 members of his regime. During the attack, Mr Trump, in a live broadcast, said he was out to eliminate members of Iranian regime, charging citizens to take over their government after the onslaught.