US to hold nuclear talks with Iran next week, says Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would likely seek a commitment from Iran to end its nuclear ambitions at talks next week and credited US strikes on Iran with bringing a swift end to the war between Israel and Tehran.
Trump said his decision to unleash huge bunker-busting bombs in Sunday's attack had devastated Iran's nuclear programme and called the outcome 'a victory for everybody'. 'It was very severe. It was obliteration,' he said, shrugging off an initial assessment by the US Defense Intelligence Agency that Iran's path to building a nuclear weapon may have been set back only by months.
Meanwhile, anxious Iranians and Israelis sought to resume normal life after 12 days of the most intense confrontation ever between the two foes and a ceasefire that took effect on Tuesday.
Speaking in The Hague where he attended a Nato summit on Wednesday, Trump said he did not see Iran again engaging in nuclear weapons development. Tehran has for decades denied accusations by Western leaders that it is seeking nuclear arms.
'We're going to talk to them next week, with Iran. We may sign an agreement. I don't know. To me, I don't think it's that necessary,' he said.
'I'll tell you, the last thing they want to do is enrich anything right now. They want to recover,' he said, referring to Western accusations that Iran has been enriching uranium to near-weapons-grade purity.
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