The president said in a social media post that he is not talking to Iran after B-2 bombers ’totally obliterated their nuclear facilities.’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is not offering Iran anything and is not planning to engage in any talks with the regime in Tehran, following the strikes on their nuclear facilities on June 21.
Trump made his position clear in a social media post referencing Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who had mentioned press reports that the administration was moving towards an Obama-style nuclear deal.
In a post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump said, “Tell […] Coons I am not offering Iran ANYTHING, unlike Obama, who paid them $Billions under the stupid [..] road to a Nuclear Weapon JCPOA (which would now be expired!), nor am I even talking to them since we totally OBLITERATED their Nuclear Facilities.”
In a June 29 interview on Fox News, Coons said, “I’ll just note that President Trump, by press accounts, is now moving toward negotiation and offering Iran a deal that looks somewhat similar to the Iran deal that was offered by [former President Barack] Obama.”
Trump’s comments come as Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, told the BBC that Tehran would insist the United States must rule out further strikes before nuclear talks can resume.
‘Law of the Jungle’
Takht-Ravanchi said Iran would also insist on a right to enrich uranium for what it says is a program to produce nuclear energy and not weapons.
He said, “The level of that can be discussed, the capacity can be discussed, but to say that you should not have enrichment, you should have zero enrichment, and if do you not agree, we will bomb you, that is the law of the jungle.”
The United States and Iran were in talks about Tehran’s nuclear program when Israel launched airstrikes across Iran on June 13.
Over several days the Israeli air force bombed major targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities and missile sites. Tehran responded by launching drones and missiles at Israel.
