Trump says Iran ‘already agreed’ not to have nuclear weapons, he’d ‘like to meet’ supreme leader

US President Donald Trump says Iran has agreed not to obtain nuclear weapons amid ongoing talks with Tehran on a deal, during his interview with The New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast.

“We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon. And they’ve already agreed they’re not gonna have a nuclear weapon,” Trump says.

“They’ve agreed to that. They can change their mind, but that’s, that was one of the things they had to agree, they agreed to that – that was the big thing,” he says.

It is unclear in what form Iran ostensibly agreed not to have a nuclear weapon. The White House has confirmed reports that, under the memorandum of understanding being discussed between the sides, Iran will formally commit not to pursue nuclear weapons.

Trump says he believes that Iran’s newly elected supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is “involved, absolutely” in talks on ending the war and that “[Iranians] have a lot of respect for him,” though he declined to comment on reports that he was severely injured during Israel’s opening strikes in the war that killed his father, the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and other members of his family.

“I’d like to meet him,” Trump says, adding, “I’d love to meet everybody. I would like to meet him, and we probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out.”