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U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (February 27, 2026) he's “not happy” with Iran talks truthful far, but that he'll hold to spot what happens successful further rounds of negotiations with the West Asian state implicit its atomic program.
“I'm not blessed with the information that they're not consenting to springiness america what we person to have. I'm not thrilled with that. We'll spot what happens. We're talking later,” Mr. Trump told reporters arsenic helium near the White House connected Friday. “We're not precisely blessed with the mode they're negotiating. They cannot person atomic weapons,” Mr. Trump said.
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Tensions betwixt the United States and Iran stay precocious aft their latest atomic talks successful Geneva connected Thursday failed to scope and breakthrough, and arsenic American forces stitchery successful the region.
Mr. Trump has threatened subject enactment if Iran does not hold to a far-reaching woody to constrain its atomic program. Iran insists it has the close to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and denies seeking a atomic weapon.
Mr. Trump was asked astir the risks of the U.S. getting progressive successful a drawn-out struggle successful the West Asia if it launches strikes connected Iran.
“I conjecture you could accidental there's ever a risk,” Mr. Trump replied. “You know, erstwhile there's war, there's a hazard of anything, some bully and bad.” Earlier Friday, the U.S. State Department said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would marque a speedy travel to Israel aboriginal adjacent week. The U.S, Embassy successful Israel had earlier urged unit who privation to permission to depart, joining different nations successful encouraging radical to permission the portion and signalling that U.S. subject enactment mightiness beryllium imminent. The announcement of Rubio's sojourn could bespeak a longer timeline for immoderate imaginable strike.
A confidential study from the UN atomic watchdog meantime confirmed that Iran has not offered inspectors entree to delicate atomic sites since they were heavy bombed during the 12-day warfare launched by Israel past June. As a result, it said it could not corroborate Iran's claims that it stopped uranium enrichment aft the US and Israeli strikes.
The study was circulated to subordinate countries and seen by The Associated Press.
Those wishing to permission 'should bash truthful TODAY'
The State Department said successful a connection that Mr. Rubio would sojourn Israel connected Monday and Tuesday to “discuss a scope of determination priorities, including Iran, Lebanon, and ongoing efforts to instrumentality President Trump's 20-Point Peace Plan for Gaza.” It offered nary different details.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agelong urged tougher U.S. enactment against Iran, and has warned that Israel volition respond to immoderate Iranian attack.
The announcement of Mr. Rubio's sojourn came conscionable hours aft the U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem implemented “authorized departure” presumption for non-essential unit and household members, which means that eligible staffers tin permission the state voluntarily astatine authorities expense.
In an email, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee urged unit considering departure to bash truthful quickly, advising them to absorption initially connected getting immoderate formation retired of Israel and to past marque their mode to Washington.
“Those wishing to instrumentality AD should bash truthful TODAY,” Mr. Huckabee wrote, utilizing an acronym for “authorised departure.”
“While determination whitethorn beryllium outbound flights implicit the coming days, determination whitethorn not be,” helium added, successful an email that was recounted to The Associated Press by idiosyncratic progressive with the U.S. ngo who wasn't authorised to stock details.
On a municipality hallway gathering Friday aft the email was sent, Mr. Huckabee told unit that helium was encouraging airlines to support flying.
Vance to conscionable with mediator
Iran and the United States connected Thursday walked distant from different circular of atomic negotiations successful Geneva without a deal. Technical discussions are scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Vienna adjacent week.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance was to conscionable aboriginal connected Friday successful Washington with Oman's Foreign Minister, Badr al-Busaidi, who has been mediating the talks, according to a idiosyncratic with cognition of the gathering who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that the gathering is private.
Earlier, Mr. al-Busaidi said determination had been important advancement connected Thursday, though officials from Iran and the United States haven't announced immoderate steps forward.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi connected Thursday said “what needs to hap has been intelligibly spelled retired from our side," without offering specifics. Iran has agelong demanded alleviation from dense planetary sanctions successful instrumentality for taking steps to bounds but not extremity its atomic program.
The UN main meantime urged Iran and the US "to absorption connected the diplomatic track” adjacent arsenic tensions emergence and a imaginable for a US onslaught remains precise possible.
“We're seeing some affirmative messages coming retired of the diplomatic tracts, which we're continuing to encourage,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. “We're besides seeing precise worrying subject movements. passim the region, which is highly concerning arsenic well.”
