Trump says US, Iran to hold talks next week
US President Trump held a press conference after attending the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands on the 25th, saying that the United States and Iran will hold talks next week and may sign an agreement. Trump said: “We will have talks with Iran next week and may sign an agreement.” But he also said that he did not think the agreement was “necessary”, but the core demand of the United States was still not to allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. Earlier that day, Trump told the media during the NATO summit that the ceasefire between Iran and Israel was “progressing smoothly.” Speaking of Iran’s uranium enrichment project, Trump took a tough stance, saying that he would not tolerate Iran’s continued nuclear activities, and emphasized that the US air strikes had “completely destroyed” Iran’s nuclear facilities. Israel launched a large-scale air strike on nuclear facilities and military targets in Iran in the early morning of the 13th, and Iran retaliated that night. After the conflict broke out, the two sides launched multiple rounds of mutual attacks. On the 21st, Eastern Time, Trump announced that the US military “successfully struck” three Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. On the 23rd, Eastern Time, Trump announced that Israel and Iran had reached an agreement on a ceasefire. Both Israel and Iran expressed their acceptance of the ceasefire plan on the 24th.
