Skip next section Trump threatens Iran to strike a deal
04/12/2025April 12, 2025
Trump threatens Iran to strike a deal
US President has been calling for direct talks while threatening that Iran will be in “great danger” if doesn’t move to make a new deal on its nuclear program.
His threats include bombing Iran and further tariffs. The US also imposed more sanctions in Iran this week.
“If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing,” Trump said on March 30. “But there’s a chance that if they don’t make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago.”
It’s not yet clear if Iran’s negotiator, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, will speak directly.
Iranian officials have insisted that the plan is for “indirect talks.” This could mean an intermediary from Oman shuttling messages between Witkoff’s and Araghchi’s teams sitting in different rooms.
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Skip next section What does Trump want from Iran?
04/12/2025April 12, 2025
What does Trump want from Iran?
US President Donald Trump’s aims for Iran include getting it to fully dismantle its nuclear program, says a new analysis by the Atlantic Council, a US think tank.
Trump has said numerous times, in both his second and his first term, that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons.
“I want Iran to be a wonderful, great, happy country, but they can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said Friday night aboard Air Force One ahead of the Oman talks on Saturday.
This was basically a repetition of what Trump said last week, when he told reporters: “The only thing that they can’t have is a nuclear weapon.”
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Skip next section US pursues policy of ‘maximum pressure’ to compel Iran to negotiate a deal
04/12/2025April 12, 2025
US pursues policy of ‘maximum pressure’ to compel Iran to negotiate a deal
The Trump administration has followed a policy of “maximum pressure” to increase limits on Iran’s nuclear program.
In 2018, during his first term, Trump pulled out of a 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and six world powers, including the EU, and reimposed stringent sanctions. Trump said he wanted to strike a better deal at the time.
This time, the Trump administration has sought to keep up the pressure on Iran, slapping more sanctions on Iranian entities for their support of establishments that oversee Iran’s nuclear program as recently as two days ago.
Washington’s ally, Israel, has demanded full denuclearization, a stance analysts say Tehran is unlikely to accept.
Iran initially rejected direct negotiations with Washington before Trump announced on March 30: “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing, and it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”
An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader responded to the threats by saying his country could expel UN nuclear inspectors. The US warned against such a move, saying that would mean “escalation.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said his country was willing to attempt to strike a deal with the Trump administration, but has expressed a lack of trust in the US.
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The US and are set for fresh talks over Tehran’s nuclear program under the shadow of US military threats if talks fail to yield an outcome.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will lead the talks in Oman, though the format of the talks has been unclear.
US President Donald Trump has pushed for direct negotiations, while Iran insisted on indirect negotiations, which means Omani diplomats would shuttle between rooms carrying messages for the negotiating parties.
Both sides have as Iran’s refusal to limit its missile program or fully dismantle its nuclear capabilities remain a point of contention. It’s not clear whether talks would continue after Saturday.
Trump has if it refuses to strike a deal on the future of its nuclear program, repeating earlier this week that if talks fail, “Iran is going to be in great danger.”
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