The President’s latest ultimatum appears to have resulted from the failure of talks to secure an agreement to end the six-week-old war.
Iran’s refusal to give up its nuclear program frustrated the US delegation led by Vice President J.D. Vance, White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
“I have always said, from the beginning, and even many years ago, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon!” Trump said.
He said, “The blockade will start soon. Other countries will also join this blockade.”
After the talks – the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the 1979 Islamic Revolution – Vance warned that Washington had made Tehran its “final and best offer” for a deal, adding: “We’ll see if the Iranians accept it.”
Ghalibaf said they had “taken constructive initiative” but the US team did not win Iran’s trust.
Iranian MP Mahmoud Nabavian, who was present at the Pakistan talks, posted on Twitter that the US’s extreme demands include the removal of 60 percent of the country’s enriched uranium as well as “joint sharing with Iran in the benefits of the Strait of Hormuz.”