President Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday that he wants the “total dismantlement” of Iran’s civilian nuclear program, a condition that’s a non-starter for Tehran.
“Total dismantlement. Yes, that is all I would accept,” Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
Trump suggested he might be open to allowing Iran to maintain a civilian nuclear program to produce energy, but sounded skeptical of the idea. “There’s a new theory going out there that Iran would be allowed to have civilian, meaning to make electricity, but I say, they have so much oil, what do they need it for?” he said.
Trump was asked about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent suggestion that Iran could maintain a civilian nuclear program. “People are talking about that, and this is something that’s really pretty new in the dialogue … my inclination is to say, ‘what do you need that for? You have a lot of oil,'” he said.
When asked if he would only accept full dismantlement, the president said he would be “open to hearing” about Iran maintaining a civilian nuclear program but added that it could lead to “military.”
Rubio’s idea of an Iranian civilian nuclear program would involve prohibiting Iran’s ability to enrich its own uranium and rely on imported uranium, another condition Iran has said is non-negotiable.
In making his argument, Rubio falsely claimed that there are no non-nuclear armed states with civilian nuclear programs that enrich uranium. But several non-nuclear armed countries that are signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty have enrichment programs, including Japan, Brazil, and Germany.
“As a founding signatory to the NPT, Iran has every right to possess the full nuclear fuel cycle,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi wrote on X on Friday. “Moreover, there are several NPT members which enrich uranium while wholly rejecting nuclear weapons.”
Aragchi added that “maximalist positioning and incendiary rhetoric achieve nothing except eroding the chances of success.”
Aragchi’s comments came after Rubio again demanded that Iran “walk away” from uranium enrichment.
Trump’s comments about the full dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program align with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran hawks in the US. “President Trump is right: Iran’s terrorist regime must dismantle its entire nuclear program,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on Sunday.
Negotiations between the US and Iran have been faltering as the fourth round of talks that were scheduled to be held on Saturday were postponed. President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bomb Iran if a deal isn’t reached, even though there’s no evidence Tehran is working to build a nuclear weapon, a fact recently reaffirmed by US intelligence agencies.
“Total dismantlement. Yes, that is all I would accept"
yeah that'll take 24 hours I spose
As with the hostages in Gaza, there's no way for the accuser (Tel Aviv w/ hostages, Trump with Tehran) to ever be guaranteed or assured of 100% compliance. Both Netanyahu and Trump can continuously claim there are "more hostages/reactors they haven't given up" while shunting the (impossible) Burden of Proof onto Hamas / Tehran.
Why believe Hamas or the vile revolutionary Mullah Police State?
C’mon Man … these are both jihadi slugs
Probably … a sustained 2 week bombing campaign
Well I guess that means war… Which is actually what the US and its master wanted from the get-go.
… And Iran can finish it for them…!
Not without incurring massive damage on themselves.
They are ready for that: they've seen the limitations of what the USA can do against much smaller and much less heavily armed Yemen and wouldn't surely mind to destroy all US ships and military bases in the region, totally destroy Israel forever (a very small country, extremely fragile even against conventional weapons) and probably even subvert all those rotten regimes the USA has as vassals in the region, replacing them by some more serious nationalist (pan-Arabist?, pan-Islamists?), more militant and more popular regimes instead. Decolonize the whole region one way or another.
And I “surely wouldn’t mind” a long weekend in a posho hotel room with Scarlett Johansson, which is almost as unlikely.
Blowhard … jihadi
Yemen’s Houthi have lots of caves and rocks to hide their weapons and there’s very little INTEL on the Houthis … so targeting is much harder
Iran tried TWICE with an impossible number of Ballistic Missiles / Drones / Cruise Missiles to penetrate Israel’s air defenses … UNSUCCESSFULLY
What a joke of a comment … pro-Iranian / anti-Western slug
Iran has even more caves and rocks: it’s a much much larger country (about the size of Mexico, very comparable except for the shape) with similar overall geography (caves, rocks, some strategically located coast, some desert). They were the pioneers of burying everything underground. WTF?!
Iran did not “try twice”: they did very weak and cautious warnings, only. The second one was loud and clear: next time Israel is finished for good. They have restrained themselves in favor of the already broken Gaza ceasefire but two do fight if only one wants.
Perhaps…! But that would also be the end of the empire…!
What arrogance!!
Countries need to start doing the OPPOSITE of what Emperor Trump decrees. When he switches to Reverse Psychology, then do exactly what he does say that he actually doesn't want.
Deleted. Tired of the gag rules here. Filtering comments is the same thing as suppressing free speech.
Speech is free or it isn't. There's no in between.
Not if you yell fire in a movie theater…lol
… or shout bomb in an airplane…!
But ‘terrorist in the white house’ is apt…,lol
'Why do they need nuclear power when they have do much oil?'
Because they can sell their oil to other countries rather than burn it up for personal use. And having nuclear technology gives them some deterrence without developing weapons. That's only fair since you have two nuclear armed countries constantly threatening them with desctruction.
"Because they can sell their oil to other countries rather than burn it up for personal use" No they don't. Iran, like all Middle East oil producers, generate their electricity by burning natural gas. Natural gas is a by product oil production in that region. Iran has so much excess natural gas that they flare the excess gas.
As for Iran needing deterrence against Israel and USA, that is a matter of how Iran acts. Why is that Saudis don't have that problem? Because Saudis get along with USA and in fact with Israel. Iran could do the same and be successful.
As for Iran needing deterrence against Israel and USA, that is a matter of how Iran acts. Why is that Saudis don't have that problem? Because Saudis get along with USA and in fact with Israel. Iran could do the same and be successful.
And how does Iran "act" as compared to the Saudis? And why does the US get along with the Saudis when Iran looks like a progressive democracy in comparison to Saudi Arabi? Israel wants the entire region to either be bought off or become a failed state. Iran could be the most vicious regime on earth and the US wouldn't care as long as they played nice with Israel.
Clean, clear and concise wars!….
Thanks Donna.
Iran cannot trust American government. There are Iranians old enough to remember the coup in 1953. The first reason not to trust the American government.
Then there are the other countries that were taken to the cleaners. Further examples.
The 600 pound gorilla in the room is the question: why can Israel have the bomb, but not Iran?
“Why is that Saudis don’t have that problem?”
Why is it that the Saudis are working on a nuclear power program with the support, rather than with threats of sanctions from, the US?
Because the KSA won't "make a dash for the Bomb" – the Saudis have almost certainly put a down-payment on nuclear weapons from Pakistan should Riyadh need some on short notice.
SA and U.S. of A. partnered over a ten year period bombing Yemen.
Yes. As I Commented above, Trump's too dumb to realise his intended goal is to get the IRI to stop selling oil internationally and thus lose revenue.
The province where I live (BC) has considerable hydroelectric potential. BC Hydro pushes energy-conservation initiatives not to use less electricity domestically, but to have more to sell to West Coast USA. Domestic-use kW/h rates are set and can only be increased annually by consent of the BC Utilities Commission. Electricity sold to Alberta or the US can be sold at !!! market rate !!! and thus is more valuable.
Similar to the IRI oil situation. They make more selling it than using it.
Who threatened whom? lol
Ayatollah Khomeini began in 1979 with DEATH TO AMERICA AND DEATH TO ISRAEL … hello?
Coup in 1953 to over throw the elected leader of Iran ? U.S.A backing the brutal Shah? U.S.A. funding Iraq in a 10 year war against Iran, to the extent of aiding by providing the chemical weapons used against Iran? Hello? Supporting Israel's attacks against Iran? U.S.A. assassinating General Soleimani as he was on a peace keeping mission in Iraq? Israel assassinating Iranian scientists? Israel attacks Iranian embassy in another country?
HELLO ?
Yawn … an Iranian sycophant?
Israel provided Iran (with American knowledge – the Iran/ Contra Affair … REMEMBER stupid)
Soleimani on a peace mission? LMAO Soleimani created the proxy strategy allowing Iran ‘plausible deniability’ … eh? That’s toast like Soleimani … LMAO
I will accept nothing less than the total dismantlement of the US nuclear program. What do we need nuclear energy for when we have so much oil, sun and wind? Good point Trump!
No, no No wind nor sun, only oil and coal for the past,er futire to make us grate again…
Repeating Dick Chaney rants during Bush2…!
Trump's stupid AND an idiot, and may not consciously realise that his dipwad plan to nix the IRI's civilian nuclear program would compel Tehran to burn oil for power and NOT sell that oil internationally, I guess not drawing income from it and/or boosting prices for American oil ? A tactician would have this play in mind; Trump just sees nuclear as bad (in the "wrong hands")
Not a bad call
If Waltz was fired, why is he now nominated to be the US Ambassador to the UN? Why is Trump repeating Waltz's same talking points? …I know. I agree. …They are stupid questions like all my other stupid questions.
The answer to your question is: Trump will not fired any of the idiots that he has selected because he feels it will look make him look bad.
“As a founding signatory to the NPT, Iran has every right to possess the full nuclear fuel cycle,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi wrote on X on Friday. “Moreover, there are several NPT members which enrich uranium while wholly rejecting nuclear weapons.”
End of story.Once more the "terrorist regime" acts like the adult in the room. Of course, with Trump/Rubio that doesn't take a lot of effort.
People and the media are still hanging on to every word or phrase that Trump utters. 24 hours later he will say something else and so it goes day in day out for him to stay in the news adn emperor plus pope of the world.
It's entertainment – the "laughing at" kind, not the "laughing with" kind.
Comedian Patton Oswalt did a great bit years ago about George W. Bush – how he can't string together coherent sentences, and "how he LOOOOVES to play Dress-Up ! Now he's a Cowboy ! Now he's a Fighter Pilot ! What's he gonna dress up as tomorrow ???"
The Media ever eager for the next ridiculous thing to publish about either of them.
An old man … 😂
The full nuclear fuel cycle? For what purpose? To produce radioisotopes?
The vile revolutionary Mullah Police State is on a collision course since 1979 with the ‘Big Satan’ and the ‘Little Satan’ … lol
Name the countries that enrich uranium while rejecting nukes… eh?
Iran has threatened Israel with Nukes and has enriched WELL ABOVE the 3% level required for nuclear reactors … hello?
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The full nuclear fuel cycle? For what purpose? To produce radioisotopes?
It's their right under the NPT. Period.
The vile revolutionary Mullah Police State is on a collision course since 1979 with the ‘Big Satan’ and the ‘Little Satan’ … lol
And how did that come about? does 1953 and 26 years of rule by the "vile" US puppet have anything to do with it?
Name the countries that enrich uranium while rejecting nukes… eh?
Since you obvously didn't read the article here's paragraph 7 paragraph 7:
But several non-nuclear armed countries that are signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty have enrichment programs, including Japan, Brazil, and Germany.
"Iran has threatened Israel with Nukes and has enriched WELL ABOVE the 3% level required for nuclear reactors … hello?"
When has Iran threatened Israel with nukes they don't have and aren't making? Our intelligence agencies have confirmed that.
And you really mustn't read much other than our MSM. Iran was enriching Uranium at 3.7% which the JCPOA allowed. Iran was in full compliance. The US and other signatories weren't. And when Trump ceased honoring the JCPOA, Iran made it known they'd no longer honor the JCPOA at which time they started enriching Uranium above the 3.7% level. They have stated dozens of times that they would immediately go back to enriching Uranium at 3.7% if the other signatories would honor the JCPOA….hello?
1. No one has a ‘right’ to produce nuclear weapons
2. Iran is governed by the its own people not by others … the Mossadegh episode is a joke
3. Japan / Brazil / Germany … well 3 out of 3 were fascist dictatorships
4. Every Friday as a ritual … Iranians preach Death to America / Death to the Zionist entity and PM Rafsanjani said: ‘Israel is a one Nuke bomb country …’. ‘Wipe it off the map’ is a common refrain from Iranian leaders
5. Why enrich to 60% ? lol. Why enrich at all? Use fuel rods like Canada …
Iran will be targeted like Yemen was earlier today … the vile revolutionary Mullah Police State will be targeted and harmed … Count on it
1. No one has a ‘right’ to produce nuclear weapons.
They aren't producing a nuke. Our own intelligence agencies have been saying so since 2003. And if what you said is true, why is Israel sitting on 90-3oo of them? Or why does the US have over 3,000?
2. Iran is governed by the its own people not by others … the Mossadegh episode is a joke
You contradicted yourself moron. Their democratically elected leader was their people's choice and was overthrown by OTHERS.
3. Japan / Brazil / Germany … well 3 out of 3 were fascist dictatorships
You asked what countries enrich Uranium and reject nukes and I answered. And that was your response? Brilliant. /s
4. Every Friday as a ritual … Iranians preach Death to America / Death to the Zionist entity and PM Rafsanjani said: ‘Israel is a one Nuke bomb country …’. ‘Wipe it off the map’ is a common refrain from Iranian leaders
Ah, so no answer as to how Iran will carry out their threat to use nukes on Israel when they don't have any nukes. Just some tired old bullshit from some hardliners. Do you listen to the rhetoric of the hardliners in Israel? They make Iran's threats sound mild in comparison and they have so many of those sick fuckers. And they have the bought off superpower backing them up.
5. Why enrich to 60% ? lol. Why enrich at all? Use fuel rods like Canada …
I already addressed those questions. Are you dense?
Iran will be targeted like Yemen was earlier today … the vile revolutionary Mullah Police State will be targeted and harmed … Count on it.
Which means the entire region will be in flames and the world's economies will be paying a huge price… Count on it.
Laughable …
Change the Ayatollah’s diaper …
I figured as much. Just another troll.
Is that your nick name?
I take it … you’re a bleeding heart with an anti-Israel agenda
Israel is fighting an existential war against islamic jihadis … there’s no compromising … ONLY TOTAL VICTORY
A lot could be said about that, but the bottom line here is that there is no reason I should be paying for the Israeli "TOTAL VICTORY".
Is that bleeding heart anti-Israeli enough for you?
“I should be paying …”
Cool … talk to your representatives in Congress …
I have contacted my "representatives", but they refuse to cut off all aid to Israel. All those positive and negative reinforcements do wonders.
I guess I will have to put up with being robbed in order to support Israeli depredations … for now.
Forever is a long time … eh?
What is the sense of conducting negotiations while placing demands on the "table" which you know the other side cannot possibly accept.
When will President Trump offer his alternative which always is "you can keep that program but what is in it for me or my family"?
As with the REE in Ukraine.
Or developments in Panama.
Gaining some time. Probably Trump guesstimated that he could peace Ukraine before getting into a war vs Iran. He can't…
Trump during his first time around outfitted the Kiev government with money, weapons, training (anti-sub, etc), prior to the Biden administration.
On Judging Freedom, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson filling in the good Judge and watchers with the truth. Trump lied when he called the war "Biden's war". It is entirely Trump's war now.
Now do israel, Don…!
You know, the people that did 911.
Israel plus our CIA.
Ya right … were you even born?
I say No. Leave them alone. There is no evidence they seek a weapon for this kind of power. There is no evidence from the cosmos you have the right to order ANYONE on what to do. Back off. Stop your arrogant bullying and shut up.
100%. What if China would say to the US "you better get rid of all your nukes, you have no right to have them, especially since you are the only nations who has ever used them twice on civilians".
The US has zero right to threaten Iran with bombs if they don't listen to Israel's and America's demands.
Dream … Dream Dream Dream
was a hit song by the Everly Brothers
No … nuclear weapons in the hands of the vile revolutionary Mullah Police State is unsafe for any Western country
Such incompetent illiterates running US government…!
Let the US lead the way!….!…..!…… ……. ……….
Directed Energy Weapons ring a bell?…!….!…. …… ……
Lasers? Sci-fi so far. We're witnessing real wars incl. US operations and it's all old school except for cheap drones, which Yemen (Asarullah) pioneered in the previous phase of the conflict.
WTF are you to dictate? Got an executive order for a foreign country now?
Heres an idea, LEAD BY EXAMPLE and you could start with israel with your: “total dismantlement” of Iran’s civilian nuclear program. Iran has signed the NPT unlike your lil' buddy who starves children with impunity and now the gop is writting a bill to make disagreeing with war crimes and crimes against humanity against the law. Yep, its turning into 1934 really fast and you all aint gonna get away with it for long!!!
Huh?
Remind me what’s 1934 got to do with it? lol
In 1932 a not so nice guy(adolf hitler) won his first victory in a democratic election, in 1933 he was appointed chancellor by President Hindenburg, in 1934 all hell broke loose, then, wel,l it didnt turn out so well for a lot of people for 11 years…
And this has relevance to …?
Hitler = Ayatollah Khamenei
I’m not getting your analogy …
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“Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
And so?
What past and who’s repeating it?
Be specific
Perhaps the Islamic Republic of Iran can make an open and very public offer – they will "completely dismantle" their civilian nuclear program in parallel with the Apartheid State of Israel declaring their nuclear arsenal & dismantling it AND the ASI's civilian nuclear program as well.
Both countries fully denuclearise with compliance verified on both sides by neutral international parties.
Who could object to that…???
A fair proposition… but it would possibly never happens until US hegemony is subdued…!
And the Apartheid State of Israel will NEVER give up nuclear weapons. They likely see them as the perfect technology to prevent another Holocaust and to (ironically) inflict one upon someone else.
Israel is the point man in the ME. A little deranged, but the point man anyway.
Total waist of U.S. taxpayer money, just like the Ukraine deal, and now more money may be wasted on reopening Alcatraz.
Trump is burning money that is not his.
The biggest waste will be the "beautiful" tax break for the billionaire donor class.
They won't. They're ready for war and they don't trust the USA anyhow (nobody does, especially not in the Middle East).
There will be war in a month or so, it will last most of the rest of the year and Iran will win. The first effect will be the blockade of Hormuz (oil prices will skyrockek) and the devastation of all the infrastructure of Israel. Eventually the whole chain of US military bases will be destroyed and their very fragile and corrupt vassals subverted.
Israel will then employ the Samson Directive. Then what? Where fallout drift to?
Before that, I would expect the Iranian hypersonic missiles to hit suspected launching sites in Israel. Will Hezbollah finally fire off its cache?
U.S. military bases will be at risk.
No nukes will be used because Iran already has them and also the backing of nuclear powers. Or do you think that last year’s “earthquake” with the exact signature of an underground test Pakistani-style was an actual earthquake? Hah!
It’s unclear anyhow if Israel, who never ever had a nuclear test at all, has any nukes whatsoever. My estimate is that they could build at most 16 warheads.
Hizbollah will probably remain neutral until Syria is liberated.
Foolish hs stupidity … lol
Israel has Nukes on subs / Nukes on Ballistic Missiles / Nukes on Airplanes … Iran is toast
Israel’s subs are inusable: they’re stuck in Haifa and their missile range is 70 Km. They can use some missiles or airplanes only.
Whatever the case, if you have never publicly detonated a nuclear weapon, why should I be dissuaded? I’ll rather think it’s a lie, a worthless Trumpian bluff.
Hubris … a pro-Mullah Iranian
Oil prices rising suits Trump & USA … they got lots of OIL
Israel fended off 2 Attacks by Ballistic Missiles et al from Iran ALREADY … Iran is gonna get smoked
Apparently global economic catastrophe suits them too: they got a lot of air in their heads.
Remember anyhow that the USD is or has been backed till now by its exchange value in oil at the Persian Gulf. It’s like nuking Fort Knox, something that Nixon did anyhow but much more carefully and diplomatically than Trump.
Expect that, when war against the IRI comes & oil goes stratospheric, Trump will cite “national emergency” to open all national parks to oil production, allow unrestricted fracking and offshore drilling, AND completely dismantle the Environment Protection Agency. With the military on-hand to “deal with” any pipeline / Reserve land protests.
Maybe. But it will anyhow be a death blow to the global economy, especially the parts of it that are not strong in renewables: oil will be just too expensive to compete, even in “fortress USA”, where even petrolist conservatives have been going solarpunk just because of cost. :/
He is a walking talking embarasment to this country. He had the greatest of all opportunities to focus on priorities — Israel’s obsession with Iran is not what voters elected him for.
Making utter fool of himself by not understanding Economy 101. A country with a major source of export income like oil and gas — must insure that they spend as little as possible for internal consumption.
Thus insuring tha alternatibmve sources of electricity are created . Nuclear energy is the only viable source (wind and solar are no alternatives for industrial use.). And the best time to build nuclear energy power plant is while a country HAS steady income from selling energy.
Once carbon energy is depleted it is too late to create alternative sources of energy.
A dream,,,, "Trump Says He Wants ‘Total Dismantlement’ of Izrael’s Nuclear Program"