Trump says Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon” but he adds that he wants to “hold a deal”

President Trump on Wednesday He told the Gulf leaders that he wanted urgently “concluding a deal” with Iran to calm its nuclear program, but they said that Tehran should end its support for the agent groups throughout the region as part of any possible agreement.

“They cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

The United States and Iran have participated in four rounds of talks since early last month, focusing on the Iranian nuclear program. Mr. Trump has repeatedly said he believed the brokerage is possible, but the window is closed.

The president strongly pushed Iran to stop the support of Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and The Houthis in Yemen It comes at a time when the agent network has faced large setbacks in the 19 months since the launch of the militants led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and an attack on Israel, which killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, 251 hostages were taken Return to Gaza. Some of these hostages were killed or released as part of the deals, but there are still about 58 hostages kept by Hamas.

In Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi described Mr. Trump’s statements as “deceptive”, but he did not directly address his call to Iran to stop the support of groups by proxy.

Later, Mr. Trump urged, in an exchange with correspondents on the Air Force one, Iran to “make the right decision” about its nuclear program “because something will happen in one way or another.”

Mr. Trump warned: “So we will do so either friendly or we will do so very uncomfortable.” “This will not be nice.”

Mr. Trump said he believed that the moment was mature “for a future free from the grip of Hezbollah terrorists.” Hezbollah was severely weakened after its war last year with Israel, in which many of its supreme leadership were killed, and after it lost a major ally with the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al -Assad, a Iranian channel to send weapons.

Energy Minister Chris Wright told CBS News’ Weijia Jiang that he expects an agreement with Iran by the end of the year, describing it as a “very active dialogue on all my trips in the Middle East.”

“I think at some point later this year, we hope soon, and we hope to see big breakthroughs in Iran,” Wright said. “See, this is victory, victory. Iran agrees to completely abandon its nuclear program. They can enjoy trade, and they can engage with the rest of the world. They can reduce the rampant inflation. They can bring their investment or make their community better, and the rest of the region that can flourish, if there is no guarantee in the middle position.

Lifting sanctions on Syria

Mr. Trump’s comments came to Iran yet On Wednesday, he met with the interim Syrian president, Ahmed Al -SharraParticipation face to face with the rebel leader at one time, he spent years imprisoned by the American forces after their arrest in Iraq.

In a reading of the meeting of the two leaders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the White House press secretary Caroline Levit said that Mr. Trump told the Syrian leader that “he has a huge opportunity to do something historical in his country”, and urged him to join the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to sign Abraham’s agreements full of United States, with natural connections with Estrail.

Mr. Trump agreed to interview the Sharra at the end of his stay in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Then the president went to Qatar, where he was honored with a government visit. His tour in the Middle East will also take him to the United Arab Emirates later this week.

Al -Sharra was appointed head of Syria in January, a month after a stunning attack by the rebel groups led by Shaia Haya Tora Al -Sham, or HTS, stormed Damascus and ended the rule of the Assad family of 54.

Mr. Trump said that he decided to meet with Sharra after encouraging him to do so by Prince Muhammad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The President also pledged to lift the sanctions that lasted for years on Syria.

Mr. Trump told the correspondents that the meeting with the evil became “wonderful”, describing it as “young and attractive” with a “very strong past”.

“He got a real shot in her contract together,” said Mr. Trump.

Prince Muhammad joined Trump and Cara for the meeting, which lasted 33 minutes. Erdogan also participated in the conversations through the video conference.

The prince said that Mr. Trump’s decision to communicate with Al -Sharra and lift the sanctions “will reduce the suffering of the Syrian people” and stimulate “a new chapter” for the nation.

Al -Sharr, who was previously known by the name de Gori Abu Muhammad Golani, joined the ranks of the rebels in al -Qaeda who fight American forces in Iraq after the US -led invasion. He still faces an order on charges of arresting terrorism in Iraq. The United States once offered $ 10 million for information about its location due to its links to al -Qaeda.

Al -Sharra returned to his mother country in Syria after the conflict began in 2011 and led the Al -Qaeda branch called the Nasr Front. He changed the name of his group to Hayat Tahrir Levant and cut links with al -Qaeda.

US sanctions are due to Assad’s rule, which was expelled in December, and was aimed at severe pain on the Syrian economy.

Bayden and Trump’s departments left the sanctions in their place after the lion’s fall, as he sought to take the chapter scale.

The state’s visit to Qatar

After meeting with the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council – which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – Mr. Trump flew to Qatar, the second station in his tour in the Middle East.

As the Saudis did a day ago, Qatar released Trump’s red carpet. Trump was received at the airport by Prince Sheikh Tarim Tarim, and one air force was accompanied by the Katari F-15 aircraft, where it approached the capital of Doha.

While he was sitting to hold talks with the prince in the Royal Court, he told the Qatari leader, Mr. Trump said that he admired the “Perfecto” marble as well as the beauty that participated in his great arrival ceremony.

For his part, Al Thani said he had great hopes for Mr. Trump’s efforts to end the war of grinding in Gaza.

“I know you are a man of peace,” he said. “I know you want to bring peace to this region.”

Qatar, like other Arab Gulf states, is an authoritarian nation where political parties are banned and speech is tightly controlled. Supervised by the Emir of the Governance, Sheikh Tarim bin Hamad Al Thani. Sheikh Tim took power in June 2013 when his father resigned.

Qatar has also been linked to several high -level scandals around the world.

The European Union lawmakers were accused of taking money from Doha in a scandal called “Qatar Gate”. In 2020, American prosecutors accused Qatar of bribing the members of the FIFA Executive Committee to secure the tournament in the country in 2022.

In 2024, RTX Corp. , The defense contractor, previously known as Raytheon, paid more than $ 950 million to solve allegations that the US government rally and paid bribes to secure business with Qatar. Doha has always denied any violations.

Qatar has also worked as a major mediator, especially with the armed terrorist group Hamas, where the international community continues the ceasefire in the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip. Qatar also occupied as a host of negotiations between the United States and Triban, which led to America’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Qatar is the home of the air base, and it is a sprawling facility that hosts the headquarters of the US Central Army Command.

The oil -rich country is also located in the center of controversy around it Offer to give Mr. Trump Luxury $ 400 million Boeing 747-8 for use as one air weapon. The president said the plane is a “gift from the nation to the US Air Force/Ministry of Defense” and has no.

The Qatari government said that a final decision was not taken. But Trump defended the idea even as critics argue that it will accept a president who accepts an amazing value gift from a foreign government.

After leaving his position, the plane will reside in his library and not used.