President Trump revealed Friday he is pushing to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran.
The commander-in-chief said he fired off a letter to the Islamic Republic’s leadership on Thursday in the hopes Tehran will want to hash it out.
“I said I hope you’re going to negotiate, because it’s going to be a lot better for Iran,” Trump told Fox Business Network in an interview.
“I think they want to get that letter. The other alternative is we have to do something, because you can’t let another nuclear weapon.”
The letter was reportedly addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal,” Trump added. “I would prefer to make a deal, because I’m not looking to hurt Iran. They’re great people.”
It comes after Trump said last month he would like to make a deal with Iran that prevents it from developing a nuclear weapon.
Trump, meanwhile, pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal — a multinational agreement to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons — back in 2018 during his first stint in the White House.
It comes just weeks after Trump denied he was working behind the scenes with Israel – a longtime foe of Tehran – to “blow Iran into smithereens.”
“I want Iran to be a great and successful Country, but one that cannot have a Nuclear Weapon,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post.
“Reports that the United States, working in conjunction with Israel, is going to blow Iran into smithereens, ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED.”
Still, Trump has vowed to obliterate the Middle Eastern country if they make any attempt to assassinate him during his current term.
“I’ve left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated. There won’t be anything left, and they shouldn’t be able to do it,” Trump said last month.
The threat came after reports emerged that Iran has allegedly sought to assassinate Trump and various officials who served in his first administration as payback for the Trump-ordered assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in 2020.
The country’s leaders also allegedly hacked people associated with Trump in an attempt to undermine his 2024 candidacy.
With Post wires
