Trump reveals ‘desperate’ Iran wants nuclear weapon after failed peace talks and claims he ‘doesn’t care’ whether Tehran comes back to negotiating table

President Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Iran was ‘desperate’ during peace talks and that Tehran ended the talks after Iran’s request for nuclear weapons was rejected.

Trump emerged from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night, where he revealed details of failed negotiations in Pakistan and insisted he would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

“They still want that, and they made that clear last night,” the Commander in Chief told reporters about his talks with Vice President J.D. Vance.

‘I think Iran is in a very bad situation. I think they are pretty desperate. Iran will not have nuclear weapons.’

Authorities in Iran have long struggled to make a nuclear bomb, including the right to enrich uranium in a 10-point peace plan they submitted ahead of peace talks in Islamabad this weekend.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later claimed that the proposal released by Iranian officials differed from the one they sent to the president. He then emphasized that the president’s ‘red lines, namely ending Iran’s enrichment in Iran, have not changed.’

Trump further emphasized this point on Sunday, hours after announcing that peace talks with his Iranian counterparts had failed.

Vice President J.D. Vance traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan, with Special Envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for peace talks. The vice president reportedly believes a deal is now on the table

A US official familiar with the negotiations previously told The Daily Mail that it was clear at the outset of the talks that the Iranians did not properly grasp America’s fundamental goal, namely that at the heart of any potential deal is and always will be the fact that Iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon.

During the interviews, Vance corrected this misunderstanding and He used his time with his counterparts to probe his own assessments of their positions, according to the US official.

Vance still believes a deal is on the table and it’s up to the Iranians to accept it, the official said.

But when asked Sunday night how long he thought it would take for Iranian officials to return to the negotiating table, Trump took a cold, hard-line tone against further talks.

‘I don’t care if they come back or not,’ he said. ‘If they don’t come back, I’m fine.’

Meanwhile, the United States will begin blockading ships trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil passes.

The blockade is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET on Monday, but ships using the strait to travel to and from ports outside Iran will not be blocked.

Trump had announced earlier Sunday that the United States would begin blockading ships trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz (pictured), a narrow waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil passes.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei has since hit back by claiming Iran has ‘huge, untouched levers’ to respond to Trump’s blockade, joking that they cannot be pressured by ‘tweets and imaginary plans’.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Galibaf, who is leading negotiations with J.D. Vance on Iran’s behalf, warned Americans that “soon you will be nostalgic for $4-$5 gasoline.” The New York Times reported.

Oil prices were already rising in early market trading on Sunday night after the US announced the blockade.

The barrel price of US crude oil increased by 8 percent to 104.24 dollars, and the price of Brent crude oil, which is the international standard, increased by 7 percent to 102.29 dollars.

Brent crude has fluctuated dramatically during the more than month-long Iran war, rising from roughly $70 a barrel before the war to over $119 at times in late February.

On Friday, ahead of peace talks, Brent oil for June delivery fell 0.8 percent to $95.20 per barrel.

Rachel Ziemba from the Center for New American Progress suggested that the negotiation period that would slow down this process may be over.

“The window for de-escalation in the global economy is over for now,” he said Wall StreetJournal. ‘Iran is betting it can outlast the US and the global economy.’

Iran’s supreme leader, Mujtaba Khamenei, has vowed that Iran has “huge, untouched levers” to respond to Trump’s blockade, and joked that they cannot be pressured by “tweets and imaginary plans.”

In this photo released by the Prime Minister’s Office of Pakistan, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Galibaf (left) shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif before their meeting on Saturday.

Even on the days when the ceasefire was declared, traffic in the Bosphorus was limited. Maritime trackers say more than 40 merchant ships have transited since the beginning of the ceasefire.

Trump claimed that the threat posed by the Iranian Navy due to the US military attack on the country since February 28 has ‘eliminated’ from the waterway.

“Their army has been destroyed,” he told reporters Sunday night. ‘Their entire fleet is under water. Do you know that 158 ​​ships left? Their fleet is gone. Most of the mine droppers are gone.’

But experts warned that the small boats controlling the Strait remained intact, and David Des Roches, the former director of Persian Gulf policy at the Defense Department, said they were very knowledgeable. to take control of the critical chokepoint by deploying missiles and mines and harassing merchant ships.

Tehran has also warned of possible anti-ship mines, encouraging ships to follow new coastal routes under the guidance of the Revolutionary Guard and warning that unauthorized ships attempting to enter the strait will be destroyed.

This means that US troops sent into the narrow waterway, only 35 kilometers wide, will be ready for attacks by the Revolutionary Guard.

According to Lloyd’s List Intelligence, all traffic passing through the strait ended after Trump’s blockade announcement. We turned back to leave the waterway.

Oil prices were already rising in early market trading on Sunday night after the US announced the blockade. Gas prices seen in California last Wednesday

At the same time, Trump said Sunday morning that he had instructed the US Navy to ‘search and interdict any ship that harms Iran in International Waters.’

“No one who pays illegal tolls will have safe passage on the high seas,” the president warned on the Truth Social platform.

‘Any Iranian who fires at us or at peaceful ships WILL BE THROWN TO HELL!’ he added.

In a separate interview on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures, the president said NATO would “reluctantly” support the United States on the security of the Strait. He described NATO as ‘shameful’ and claimed that ‘they are not and will not be on our side’.

Trump then doubled down on those remarks on Sunday night, telling reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that America’s financial commitment to the organization would be under “very serious” scrutiny.

“I am very disappointed in NATO,” Trump said. ‘They weren’t there for us. ‘We pay trillions of dollars to NATO, but they did not stand by us.’

Although NATO countries have expressed their desire to help the United States, the president stated that the efforts were too late.

“They want to come up now, but there’s no real threat anymore,” Trump said, emphasizing that despite the setbacks, the contentious two-week ceasefire, in which both sides agreed to stop the fighting in exchange for opening the strait, was “going well.”