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After threatening to ‘bomb’ Iran, Donald Trump on Sunday wrote to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to start talks on ending Tehran's nuclear weapons programme. However, Iran rejected the offer on Sunday saying that ‘It’s the behavior of the US that determines the future path of negotiations’.
Here's look at top 10 developments in the US, Iran conflict:
- Iran has reportedly armed all launchers in its underground missile sites. The country is ready to attack after President Trump threatened to bomb Iran if it refused a nuclear deal, reported The Tehran Times.
- They said on X, “Information received by the Tehran Times indicates that Iran's missiles are loaded onto launchers in all underground missile cities and are ready for launch. Opening the Pandora's box will come at a heavy cost for the U.S. government and its allies.”
- Trump told NBC on Saturday that “If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing”. “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.”
- Trump also said the US and officials from the Islamic Republic are already "talking."
- Meanwhile, President Masoud Pezeshkian said in televised remarks on Sunday that Iran has\ informed Trump the country won’t engage in direct negotiations with the US, Bloomberg reported.
- Pezeshkian said the decision was conveyed in Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s response to a letter Trump had sent earlier this month on the prospect of new talks over Tehran’s nuclear program.
- Pezeshkian still noted that in Iran's response indirect negotiations with the Trump administration were still possible.
- “They must prove that they can build trust regarding their decisions, and I hope this will happen,” Pezeshkian said. “It’s the behavioUr of the Americans that determines the future path of negotiations.”
- Iran delivered its response to Trump’s letter via Oman on Wednesday, according to the country’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Over the weekend, Araghchi described the letter as containing “both a threat and an opening for diplomacy,” adding that Iran remained skeptical of Trump’s intentions
- As per AFP report, analysts have said Iran may be just weeks away from producing a deliverable nuclear weapon -- though Tehran denies it is building such arms. Either way, such an attack carries a risk of spreading to a wider conflict.
Here's all about Trump-Iran conflict over nuclear program
Trump in 2018 pulled the US out of an agreement to relieve sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program. Now, in his second term, he has said he is open to talks on a new deal that could reduce the risk of military escalation.
Trump revealed in early March that he had sent a letter proposing such talks to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Meanwhile, he has pushed ahead with his "maximum pressure" program of additional sanctions and the threat of military action.
Iran, deeply suspicious of the US administration after Trump's withdrawal from the original nuclear deal, has refused to negotiate directly with Washington.
(With inputs from agencies)
