President Donald Trump wrapped up his first trip abroad since returning to the Oval Office by sending Iran a proposal for a nuclear agreement and threatening that something “bad” would happen if Tehran did not quickly make a deal with Washington.
On Friday, Trump said he passed the proposal to Iran and demanded they act quickly or face consequences. “We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran. I think we’re getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this,” he said. “But most importantly, they know they have to move quickly, or something bad is going to happen.”
The previous day, Trump said that the two sides were close to a deal. Washington has not publicly revealed any details from the agreement. On Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister said Tehran had not received a proposal from Washington.
The messaging from the White House has fluctuated significantly. At times, Washington has said that Tehran must completely abandon its nuclear program, including its ability to enrich uranium. At other points, US officials have said Iran could maintain nuclear enrichment in an arrangement similar to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Tehran has said it will not sign a deal that requires it to give up its enrichment program.
Trump and other top US officials have said a nuclear deal with Iran must come soon or Washington may declare war on Tehran. The White House says the short timeline is necessary, claiming Iran is getting close to building a nuclear weapon.
However, the US intelligence community has said for over a decade that Tehran is not building a nuclear weapon.
Reaching a new nuclear agreement would be very popular in the US. Around 70% of Americans, including nearly two-thirds of Republicans, favor Trump signing a new agreement with the Islamic Republic.
On Friday, Iranian officials met with European diplomats for the first time since Trump returned to office. UK, French and German (the E3) officials met with an Iranian delegation in Turkey to discuss the ongoing talks with the US.
The UK, France, and Germany were signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear pact. However, Trump effectively forced the E3 out of the deal when he left the agreement in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Tehran.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com and news editor of the Libertarian Institute. He hosts The Kyle Anzalone Show and is co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Connor Freeman.
My prediction is that Iran will stall. Everyday they stall they are closer to building a weapon.
In order to be “closer” to building a weapon, they would have to be interested in building a weapon — a proposition for which the evidence is:
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IAEA Investigations of Iran's Nuclear Activities. https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/iaea-investigations-irans-nuclear-activities
I know that Israel is not a signatory to the NPT, as Iran is, however, who is it that the weight of the world appears to be on Iran, while Israel is ignored
The weight of the world appears to be on a convicted felon.
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The weights changing is probable…!
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44. The Director General is seriously concerned that the outstanding safeguards issues remain unresolved more than two years after the Board of Governors first decided that it was “essential and urgent in order to ensure verification of the non-diversion of nuclear material” for Iran to clarify those outstanding safeguards issues. These issues stem from Iran’s obligations under its NPT Safeguards Agreement and unless and until Iran resolves them the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
45. Iran has neither provided technically credible explanations for the presence of uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at undeclared locations in Iran nor informed the Agency of the current location(s) of the nuclear material and/or of the contaminated equipment involved. Instead, Iran states that it has declared all of the nuclear material, activities and locations required under its Safeguards Agreement. This is inconsistent with the Agency’s assessments of the unexplained nuclear-related activities that took place at all four of the undeclared locations in Iran referred to above, and of the origin of the uranium particles of anthropogenic origin found at three of these locations: these assessments remain unchanged. The Agency is, therefore, at an impasse with regards to resolving these outstanding safeguards issues.
46. Iran’s unilateral decision to stop the implementation of modified Code 3.1, in contravention of its legal obligations set out in Article 39 of the Safeguards Agreement and in the Subsidiary Arrangements, is having a negative impact on the Agency’s ability to provide assurance of the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme.
47. The Director General deeply regrets that Iran, despite having indicated a willingness to consider accepting the designation of four additional experienced Agency inspectors, did not accept their
designations.
48. There has been no significant progress in the past 21 months towards implementing the Joint Statement of 4 March 2023. In the context of Iran’s agreement that the Joint Statement continues to
provide a framework for cooperation with the Agency and for addressing the outstanding safeguards issues, the Director General calls upon Iran urgently to implement the Joint Statement through serious engagement.
49. The significantly increased production and accumulation of high enriched uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear weapon State to produce such nuclear material, is of serious concern.
50. The Director General will continue to report as appropriate. In response to the Board’s request in its resolution of November 2024, the Director General will produce a comprehensive and updated
assessment on the presence and use of undeclared nuclear material in connection with past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear programme. This assessment will include a full account of Iran’s cooperation with the Agency on these issues and address the Agency’s ability to verify Iran’s implementation of its safeguards obligations, including the non-diversion of nuclear material, based on all information available.
IAEA Members Reject Israel Resolution. https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2013-10/news/iaea-members-reject-israel-resolution
A resolution critical of Israel’s nuclear program, revived after a two-year hiatus, failed to pass the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The nonbinding resolution, sponsored by a group of 18 Arab states, would have called on Israel to join the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear-weapon state and put all of its nuclear sites under comprehensive IAEA safeguards. The measure, referred to as “Israeli Nuclear Capabilities” on the IAEA agenda, failed by a vote of 43-51 on the last day of the conference.
Israel does not publicly admit to possessing nuclear weapons, but is widely believed to have an arsenal of approximately 80 warheads. Israel has not joined the NPT, but is a member of the IAEA, and its nuclear research activities are subject to IAEA monitoring and verification.
The United States voted against the resolution. In a statement delivered after the vote, U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Joseph Macmanus said that the United States regretted that the resolution had been brought to a vote or even discussed at the IAEA.
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Think before you post-– "A resolution critical of Israel’s nuclear program, revived after a two-year hiatus, failed to pass the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
"The nonbinding resolution, sponsored by a group of 18 Arab states, would have called on Israel to join the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)"
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Think before you post.— Israel has had this nuclear technology since the mid-1950s—Israel's first leader, David Ben-Gurion, initiated the nuclear project, the Dimona Facility: The Dimona nuclear complex was established, according to Foreign Policy.
1963: The Dimona reactor, the IRR-2, went critical, according to the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. That is over 7 decades ago, and Israel never once threatened to use it or threaten to destroy a member State.
Fascist Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu renewed his call for striking Gaza with a ‘nuclear bomb’.
Far-right minister: Nuking Gaza is an option, population should ‘go to Ireland or deserts’. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/far-right-minister-nuking-gaza-is-an-option-population-should-go-to-ireland-or-deserts/
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Iran will do what they do based on Trump's proposal. If it's something they can live with, like the JCPOA, then they'll agree to it. It's that simple. It has nothing to do with "stalling".
Every single US intelligence estimate sine 2005 has stated that Iran is NOT working on a weapons program.
Wait for it. Now he'll ask you why they're enriching uranium at 60%.
Foreign assistance laws prohibit military aid to nuclear-armed countries that are not subject to IAEA inspections.
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Any reasonably technologically advanced nation state, can make a nuclear weapon in very short order; probably a few months. Iran is such a state and nothing can change that.
If Iran decided it wanted nukes, it could have had them decades ago.
Welcome to the modern world.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/05/16/748038/iran-e3-diplomacy-deputy-foreign-minister
"Something bad", eh?
Leaked UK memo says Trump axed Iran deal to spite Obama. https://apnews.com/article/7894d6dc1d1c4a3b9747558553ddcdbf
U.K. Ambassador Kim Darroch called Trump’s decision to abandon the international accord “an act of diplomatic vandalism, seemingly for ideological and personality reasons” because the pact “was Obama’s deal.”
Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal 'to spite Obama'. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48978484
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“Here’s your hat! What’s your hurry?!”
“Good things come to those who wait!”
“Don’t kick the tires! Don’t light the fires!”
On Friday, Trump said he passed the proposal to Iran and demanded they act quickly or face consequences. “We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran. I think we’re getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this,” he said. “But most importantly, they know they have to move quickly, or something bad is going to happen.”
Nothing but constant threats. How in the fuck does anyone call this narcissistic moron a man of "peace"?
It's in Bumpkin's New Dictionary, page 34.
It is not a "proposal". It is a threat………….
Trump still believes that by threatening countries with destruction he can bend them to his will. Not working with China, Russia or Iran to mention a few. Your schoolyard bully tactics just don't seem to have the effect that it may have in the past. Hell, you couldn't even force your will upon the Houthi's as your bombing of Yemen showed how very limited the vaunted U.S. military is in forcing its will upon 'minor' players. Your blustering tirades might work with the cowardly leaders in the Middle East, but real adversaries are flipping you the middle finger.
Self-spite.
omg…how bad mr president…!?
"I am going to take you behind the woodshed."
The U.S. will not go to war with Iran. Simplicius the Thinker describes it well here:
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/bombshell-nyt-report-reveals-invisible
The "invisible" F-35 was locked on by Houthi radar, and they fired missiles at it. This was supposed to be impossible. The Houthis likely have hand-me-down radars from Iran, who Simplicius surmises has hand-me-downs from Russia, and this was still enough to force the "most advanced fighter jet in the world" to make evasive maneuvers.
The U.S. was forced to fire at the Houthis from a distance. They never achieved air superiority. This is from U.S. military sources.
Likewise the military says they were depleting their missiles that are needed in case China attacks Taiwan. This is against YEMEN, for God's sake. And they lost two planes. While they acknowledge that any damage they did can easily be repaired by the Yemenis. So they were forced to make peace: stop firing at Yemen in exchange for Yemen not firing at the U.S. navy. (Which they only did because the navy attacked them.) So did the longest U.S. naval war since WWII end.
Now imagine a war with Iran.
The Israelis had to fire at Iran from far away in Iraq. (As seen by where their shells fell.) Iran's radar locked on Israeli planes, shocking them, so that the planned second and third waves were cancelled.
Iran's response penetrated all the Israeli air-defense systems, which the Israelis had thought was impossible.
And a single Yemenite missile managed to damage an Israeli airport. They didn't send a large barrage of missiles to overwhelm defenses. It was just one missile. And it got through.
The missile got through the THAAD, the most advanced U.S. air-defense system, which Biden sent to his Israeli handlers after Iran broke through their air defenses.
That's from Simplicius' article. Add to that the fact that Iran WOULD mine the Strait of Hormus shut, stopping all oil exports from the Persian Gulf. At its most narrow point there are no international waters in the Strait, the Iranian and Omanian waters meet. (So Iran would simply have to mine their own waters – no one would dare move close to that on Oman's side. Which they could also mine.)
The loss of oil, and the loss of jets during the air attack, would sink Trump's presidency.
Which is why Trump refused to fire missiles at Iran in his first presidency despite pressure from his main financier, the Zionist Sheldon Adelson. (Infuriating the Zionist Matt Drudge who turned against Trump at that point, but no one likes to mention that.)
Our Western allies have to see this for what it is. Drumpf is threatening war on another country, while carrying on wars in Ukraine, Somalia, Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and g-d knows where else.
The picture of him posing with MBS, and the Brooks Brothers head-chopper, now leader of Syria, shows just what he is about.
We carry on the wars by arming and supplying everyone, particularly the Zionist beasts in Israel.
I so wish for the Eisenhower years to return. The best years for me in my memory.