President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters throughout a Cupboard assembly within the Cupboard Room of the White Home on Could 27, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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The Iranian regime has agreed to not have nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump instructed the New York Submit’s “Pod Drive One” podcast — however he added that Tehran might nonetheless “change their thoughts.”
“I did must say we’ve got to do one thing about Iran, as a result of no matter how nicely we’re doing [economically] we will not allow them to have a nuclear weapon,” he mentioned within the interview, which was printed Wednesday. “They’ve already agreed they are not going to have a nuclear weapon.”
When requested to verify that the Iranian regime had agreed to that time period, Trump mentioned: “Oh yeah, they’ve agreed to that.”
“I imply, now they’ll change their thoughts, however that was one of many issues they’ve needed to agree, they’ve agreed to that. That was the massive factor,” he mentioned.
Iran’s international ministry declined to touch upon Trump’s interview when contacted by CNBC.
The struggle, which is approaching its a centesimal day, is at the moment at an deadlock as Washington and Tehran have did not progress their ceasefire right into a extra everlasting peace deal.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned Tuesday that talks between the 2 sides have been ongoing, regardless of Iranian state media reporting that the nation’s management stopped exchanging communications with the U.S. a number of days earlier.
Combined messaging on negotiations has been a unbroken characteristic of the battle, with the 2 events repeatedly giving conflicting updates on the place peace talks stand.
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