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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Trump says US will meet with Iran next week; doesn’t think new agreement necessary
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US President Donald Trump says the US is going to meet with Iran next week, but that an agreement with Tehran is no longer necessary.
Speaking at the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump says, “We may sign an agreement. To me, I don’t think it’s that necessary.”
“They had a war, they fought, and now they’re going back to their world. I don’t care if I have an agreement or not.”
“We destroyed the nuclear,” Trump says.
“It’s blown up, to Kingdom Come,” he continues, “so I don’t feel strongly about it… We’re gonna meet with them, actually. We’re gonna meet with them.”
Reporter: Are interested in restarting negotiations with Iran?
Trump: I’m not. They fought, the war is done. I just asked him the question as we were walking on the stage. Do you want to draw up a little agreement for them to sign? Because I think we can get them to sign it.. I… pic.twitter.com/abozY2QhkP
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“I could get a statement that they’re not going to go nuclear, we’re probably going to ask for that,” he says. “But they’re not going to be doing it anyway. They’ve had it.”
He says he asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio if he wants to draft an agreement for Iran to sign.
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