Trump threatens to bomb Iran unless an agreement is reached on the nuclear program
Donald Trump Sunday explicitly threatened Iran with war unless Tehran He arrives at the table and Martella a new agreement on nuclear weapons with Washington.
The president I spoke with Kristen Welker of the NBC In A phone call in the morning And he told the guest of Meet the press that there would be “bombing” if Iran did not negotiate with the USor if an agreement has not been reached following those interviews.
“If they don’t make an agreement, there will be bombings,” said the President of the United States. “It will bomb artists of the caliber they have never seen before.”
His observation comes when the Trump administration has publicly declared its goal of achieving a new agreement with Tehran which would lead to the total arrest of the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The president sent a letter to the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah KhameneiAccording to reports, by exhorting the Iranian government to start negotiations with the prospect of sanctions and international sanctions and cooperation on the table.
But Iran formally refused to start those negotiations directed on Saturday, according to the president of the country. Masoud Pezeshkian said that the message was delivered to US negotiators through the Oman government. He said that the official response from Iran has left the possibility of continuous indirect negotiations open, but added that the United States must regain confidence with Iran so that formal diplomacy can resume.
“We do not avoid interviews; it is the violation of the promises that has caused us problems so far,” said Pezeshkian in a television meeting of the cabinet, according to the AP. “They must demonstrate they can build trust.”
The State Department previously issued a response for a Sunday warning of “very bad” consequences if Iran refused to negotiate the end of its nuclear weapons program. The development of nuclear materials has accelerated in Iran in recent months, according to a February report from the United Nations nuclear dog dog agency.
“President Trump was clear: the United States cannot allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon”.
“The president expressed his will to discuss an agreement with Iran,” he added. “If the Iranian regime does not want an agreement, the president is clear, he will pursue other options, which will be very negative for Iran.”
The tensions between Washington and Tehran have been for more than a year, since the United States and its ally Israel have clashed with different groups that the two countries accuse the Iranian government of funding and support through the sharing of intelligence and other cooperation. Conflict against one of those groups, the Houtisresumed last weekend with a United States strike Yemen While Houthi forces affects the US military ships and commercial ships in the Red Sea.
Iran also launched a missile ballistic attack directed against Israel, causing minimal damage, in October 2024 after a Hamas The leader was assassinated to Tehran.
While military operations resumed against Houthi in Yemen, the Department of State on Monday moved to increase the pressure On the nearby Iran, Iraq, to fight Tehran’s influence on militant groups within his borders. In recent months, the Iraqi government has considered the new national security legislation aimed at curbing the strength of the popular mobilization forces, a Shiite militant group with dozens of battalions across the country. Those forces include the Kataib Hezbollahwhich dates back to its origins to the militant groups who fought the US forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and still collide with the US forces today.
“To strengthen the sovereignty of Iraq, the government in Iraq must make sure that he has the command and control of all security forces within his borders, to include the PMF,” said the press secretary Tammy Bruce to his briefing on Monday. “These forces must respond to the commander in the head of Iraq and not to Iran.”
