President Trump said on Sunday that US officials will not travel Pakistan for peace talks Regarding Iran war.
“We have all the cards. If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there’s a telephone,” Trump said while appearing on Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing.”
He added, “We have good secure lines, although I’m not sure any telephone line is secure, to be honest, but we have secure lines, and we can talk if they want, but we’re not sending people on 18-hour trips to meet us.”
The president made similar comments on Saturday, when he canceled talks in Islamabad, Pakistan.
“I have canceled the travel of my representatives to Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians,” Trump wrote at the time.
“Too much time wasted in travel, too much work! Furthermore, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership’,” he added. “Nobody knows who’s in charge. Besides, we have all the cards, they don’t have any! If they want to talk, they just have to call!!!”
His comments follow Vice President Vance canceled trip Islamabad last week. Vance should have done this participate in talks In person, with Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy to the Middle East, and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Instead, Trump extended the Iran ceasefire indefinitely until Tehran officials presented a proposal to end the war.
However, Trump said the US goals for the agreement were clear.
“Very simple. They can’t have nuclear weapons, otherwise there’s no reason to meet,” Trump told Fox News White House correspondent Jackie Heinrich.
Trump has struggled to gain full control of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil shipments and an international focal point for the war.
Iran has placed mines in the water to prevent ships from traveling safely, while the US military has launched a naval blockade to prevent Tehran from clearing select ships for travel.
Trump said the blockade would hurt Iran’s economy, while acknowledging that their resources were being depleted amid the uncertainty of peace talks.
The President said, “I think the big advantage is that we have taken out their entire navy, whereas we have taken out their air force. They have no air force left. They have no navy left.”
He said, “Their leaders are gone. Which is a good thing. They were far more radical than the people we’re dealing with now. The people we’re dealing with now, some of them are very reasonable people, and others are not, and they’re not getting along.”
Supreme leader of Iran is Mojtaba Khamenei seriously injured And he is being isolated to prevent further attacks from taking his life.
Nevertheless, Iran’s embassy in South Africa said on Saturday that Tehran was prepared to launch “the largest missile attack in history” against US and Israeli targets in West Asia if the two countries strike again amid talks.
“Iran has prepared ‘the largest missile attack in history’ against Israeli and US targets in West Asia, which will be launched immediately if any sign of attack is detected,” the embassy said. Posted On social platform X.
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