US envoy Steve Witkoff stated on Saturday that President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not “capitulated” within the face of Washington’s navy build-up geared toward pressuring them right into a nuclear deal.
America and Iran this week resumed Oman-mediated talks in Geneva geared toward averting the opportunity of navy motion, after Washington dispatched two plane carriers, jets and weaponry to the area to again its warnings.
In a Fox Information interview with Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara, Witkoff stated the president was “curious” about Iran’s place after he had warned them of extreme penalties within the occasion they did not strike a deal.
“I do not wish to use the phrase ‘pissed off,’ as a result of he understands he has loads of options, however he is curious as to why they have not… I do not wish to use the phrase ‘capitulated,’ however why they have not capitulated,” he stated.
“Why, underneath this strain, with the quantity of seapower and naval energy over there, why have not they arrive to us and stated, ‘We profess we do not need a weapon, so here is what we’re ready to do’? And but it is type of laborious to get them to that place.”
The US envoy additionally confirmed within the interview that he had met with Reza Pahlavi, who has not returned to Iran since earlier than the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ousted the monarchy.
“I met him on the route of the president,” he stated, with out offering additional particulars.
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