Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that Iranian authorities proposed to hold a meeting at the White House to negotiate on the Iranian nuclear program and assured that it is still “not too late” for Tehran to join the discussions.
In turn, the President of the United States once again hinted at a possible attack against Iran by saying: “I may do it or I may not. Nobody knows what I am going to do”, and added that “they are totally defenseless” and that “they have no air defense”.
Will negotiations between the United States and Iran resume?
“Trump definitely did not show openness to restart negotiations with the Iranian government. I wonder, why didn’t they negotiate two weeks ago? They could have done it well. It’s very sad to see this... There is a big difference between now and a week ago,” added the president.
Anyway, Trump acknowledged that Iran’s potential offer to negotiate is “courageous, it’s not easy for them to do it”.
But later, increasing the contradictions of his recent statements, the President of the United States affirmed, in reference to the recent statements of French President Emmanuel Macron during the G7 summit, that the United States is not seeking a “ceasefire.” “We seek a total and complete victory. You already know what victory is: that they do not have nuclear weapons,” he emphasized from the Oval Office.
Iran denies Trump
In response, the Iranian mission to the United Nations denied that they had proposed a meeting in the United States. “No Iranian official has ever asked to crawl to the doors of the White House. The only thing as despicable as their lies are their cowardly threats to eliminate Iran’s supreme leader,” they said on social media.
They also emphasized that Iran “does not negotiate under pressure.”
However, as reported by The New York Times, an Iranian official stated that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, would accept a meeting with the United States for a ceasefire with Israel.
Trump is considering a possible attack against Iran
The president also stated that the United States “is the only one” capable of dismantling the uranium enrichment facility in Fordo, in central-west Iran. “But that doesn’t mean it will do it,” he commented in statements to the press.
According to NBC News, Trump already had a meeting this morning in the White House war room and could have another one in the afternoon.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) do not have the so-called 13,000-kilogram “bunker-busting” bombs from the United States, which would be powerful enough to destroy Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, especially the one in Fordo located in a mountain.
Furthermore, the Massive Artillery Penetrator requires a US B-2 bomber for its deployment. Israel also does not possess this strategic aircraft.