President Trump said Monday that Iran need not worry about renewed military attacks as long as Tehran shows sufficient regard for the United States’ demands in their peace deal.
“As long as Iran shows respect toward the United States, there will be no problems between the two countries,” he said.
Mr. Trump reiterated his warnings that Tehran must agree to an open Strait of Hormuz and never have a nuclear weapon, or it could face renewed attacks.
“If Iran doesn’t live up to their agreement or doesn’t behave, I will do what I have to do,” Mr Trump said during an Oval Office event to discuss Quantum computers.
The president’s comments come after high-level talks between Iran and the United States yielded “a lot of good progress,” according to Vice President J.D. Vance, who led the American negotiators during the summit in Switzerland.
Both sides agreed to a road map toward reaching a final deal to end the war within 60 days, with Mr. Vance calling the negotiations “a very good foundation for a successful final deal.”
Mr. Trump struck an optimistic tone about the negotiations, saying that developments have been progressing positively.
Among the points that Mr. Vance said were agreed upon included a plan to unfreeze Iranian assets and having Iran use those funds to buy American corn and wheat to benefit the nation’s farmers.
Mr. Trump heralded that point of the agreement as a victory for America’s farmers.
“Money that is being unfrozen is going to be used to buy food, and the food is going to be bought exclusively through the United States from our farmers,” the president said.
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