Trump issues strong warning to Iran over nuclear ambitions during UK visit: Video
U.S. President Donald Trump declared on Monday, July 28, that any renewed efforts by Iran to pursue nuclear capabilities would be met with overwhelming force.
Speaking alongside UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at a joint press conference at Turnberry, Trump said the United States would "wipe out" Iran's nuclear infrastructure "faster than you can wave your finger at it."
The remarks come in the aftermath of the recent 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, a volatile confrontation that ended with a series of high-impact Israeli and U.S.-backed strikes on Iran’s suspected nuclear sites.
Trump, during the meeting, claimed responsibility for the degradation of Iran’s nuclear capability during that conflict.
“Can you imagine the beating they took?” Trump said. “We wiped out their nuclear possibilities. They can start again. If they do, we’ll wipe it out faster than you can wave your finger at it.”
He added that Iran has been "sending very bad signals" despite suffering heavy losses. “Very nasty signals,” he emphasised. “And they shouldn’t be doing that.”
Trump’s fiery comments come as Iran resumes negotiations with the E3: the UK, France, and Germany, along with the European Union, in an attempt to revive diplomatic discussions over its nuclear programme.
Tehran, however, continues to maintain that its nuclear ambitions are strictly peaceful and focused on civilian energy development.
“We are ready to do any confidence-building measure needed to prove that Iran’s nuclear programme is peaceful and would remain peaceful forever, and Iran would never go for nuclear weapons, and in return, we expect them to lift their sanctions,” Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told Fox News last week.
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