# Trump says Iran will not make the deal he believes is necessary

https://mins.news/en/item/24559

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-17 20:49 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/17/trump-says-iran-will-not-make-the-deal-he-believes-is-necessary?traffic_source=rss

> US President Donald Trump said Iran would not agree to the kind of deal he considers necessary to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. He said Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon” and argued that rebuilding its nuclear capabilities would take a long time after earlier US strikes.

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