{"id":13406,"date":"2026-02-25T08:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13406"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:46:54","slug":"amid-us-military-build-trump-says-he-prefers-diplomatic-solution-with-iran-nuclear-weapons-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13406","title":{"rendered":"Amid US military build, Trump says he prefers diplomatic solution with Iran | Nuclear Weapons News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Trump strikes belligerent tone on Iran during State of the Union, but says he would prefer a diplomatic solution.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">3 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump has told Congress that he would prefer to resolve differences with Tehran through diplomacy, while laying out his case for potential attacks on Iran, which he claimed was seeking to develop missiles that could strike the US mainland.<\/p>\n<p>In comments made during his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, Trump struck a belligerent tone against Iran, accusing it of working to rebuild its nuclear program that was hit by US strikes last year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly said those sites were obliterated, a claim experts have disputed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wiped it out and they want to start all over again. And they\u2019re at this moment again pursuing their sinister ambitions,\u201d Trump said, as he broached the subject of potential military action against Iran about 90 minutes into his record-length speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in negotiations with them. They want to make a deal, but we haven\u2019t heard those secret words: \u2018We will never have a nuclear weapon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said his \u201cpreference\u201d was \u201cto solve this problem through diplomacy, but one thing is certain: I will never allow the world\u2019s number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t let that happen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that after the US attacks on Iran\u2019s nuclear sites in June 2025, \u201cthey were warned to make no future attempts to rebuild their weapons programme, in particular, nuclear weapons \u2013 yet they continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran has insisted for years that its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes only. Neither US intelligence nor the UN\u2019s nuclear watchdog found any evidence last year that Iran was pursuing atomic weapons.<\/p>\n<p>As well as accusing Iran of restarting its nuclear programme, Trump claimed Tehran was working to build missiles that \u201csoon\u201d would be capable of reaching the US, echoing claims in Iranian state media that Tehran is developing a missile capable of reaching North America.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed Iran was responsible for roadside bombings that have killed US service members and civilians. He criticised Tehran over the deaths of thousands of protesters killed during recent antigovernment demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe (Iranian) regime and its murderous proxies have spread nothing but terrorism and death and hate,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"araghchi-deal-within-reach\">Araghchi: Deal \u2018within reach\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump\u2019s latest comments on the tensions come amid a significant US military buildup in the Middle East, and before a third round of indirect talks scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The talks, to be held in Geneva and mediated by Oman, will be attended by Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, along with Iranian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that a deal with Washington to avert conflict was \u201cwithin reach\u201d, as Iran prepared to resume talks in Geneva \u201cwith a determination to achieve a fair and equitable deal \u2013 in the shortest possible time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur fundamental convictions are crystal clear,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIran will under no circumstances ever develop a nuclear weapon; neither will we Iranians ever forgo our right to harness the dividends of peaceful nuclear technology for our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran and the US had \u201ca historic opportunity to strike an unprecedented agreement\u201d, he said, \u201cbut only if diplomacy is given priority\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump strikes belligerent tone on Iran during State of the Union, but says he would prefer a diplomatic solution. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a03 mins info United States President Donald Trump has told Congress that he would prefer to resolve differences with Tehran through diplomacy, while laying out his case for potential attacks on Iran, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}