Chicago – April 08, 2025
President Trump said that the United States will hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, starting Saturday.
“We have a very big meeting, and we’ll see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious,” Trump said, as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office.
During his first term, Trump withdrew from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by then-President Barack Obama.
Trump offered few details about the upcoming talks, only saying the meeting will be at “almost the highest level.”
Netanyahu, who has frequently called the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran an existential threat to Israel, said he and Trump are united in the goal that Tehran will never get nuclear weapons.
“If it can be done diplomatically in a full way, the way it was done in Libya, I think that would be a good thing, Netanyahu said. “But whatever happens, we have to make sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons.”
Trump said it would be in Tehran’s best interests to make a deal with his administration.
“We are dealing with them directly and maybe a deal is going to be made. That would be great, it would be really great for Iran,” he said, warning that if the talks weren’t successful “it will be a very bad day for Iran.”
