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U.S. President Donald Trump maintained connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) that an interim accord with Iran makes wide that Tehran would ne'er beryllium allowed to develop a atomic weapon, and helium besides suggested Syria could be amended positioned to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Speaking up of talks with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani connected the sidelines of the G7 acme successful France, Mr. Trump defended the 14-point memorandum of knowing with Iran that has yet to beryllium made public. “The lone happening that truly matters to maine is Iran volition ne'er person a atomic weapon, and it says it large and clear,” he told reporters, informing that “all hellhole volition rainfall down” connected Iran if it sought to get one.
U.S. and Iranian officials are owed successful Switzerland connected Friday (June 19, 2026) to statesman elaborate negotiations, opening a 60-day model for analyzable method talks. These are expected to screen issues specified arsenic the aboriginal of Iran’s highly enriched uranium and the lifting of sanctions.
European allies person voiced interest that an inexperienced U.S. negotiating squad could conflict to unafraid a robust agreement, perchance starring to a prolonged standoff.
In 2015, erstwhile U.S. President Barack Obama secured a atomic deal with Iran successful speech for sanctions relief, a process that took 2 years to finalise. Trump withdrew the United States from that accord during his archetypal term.
“This woody is simply a partition to a atomic weapon. His (Obama) woody was a roadworthy to a atomic weapon. My deal, they can’t person a nuclear, they get blown up,” Mr. Trump said.
Diplomats and analysts enactment that Iranian negotiators are highly skilled successful atomic diplomacy, often exploiting weaknesses successful their counterparts and buying clip to beforehand their agenda, making the imaginable of a broad statement wrong 60 days challenging.
One cardinal origin successful whether the interim accord holds volition beryllium the concern successful Lebanon, wherever Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his troops would stay successful the southbound arsenic agelong arsenic needed to tackle Hezbollah. Tehran has demanded an Israeli withdrawal.
Mr. Trump appeared captious of Israel’s strategy successful Lebanon and besides suggested that neighbouring Syria — which nether President Ahmed al-Sharaa is struggling to stabilise the state aft years of civilian warfare — could beryllium champion placed to intervene.
“I suggested to Israel to fto Syria instrumentality attraction of Hezbollah due to the fact that to beryllium honest, I deliberation they bash a amended occupation of doing it,” helium said.
