# Trump says he will not use nuclear weapons in war on Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/103754

- BBC News, 2026-10-16 21:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQnQj29shKw

> US President Donald Trump said he would not use a nuclear weapon in the war on Iran. In a Newsmax interview, he also reiterated that he was not considering sending ground troops into Iran, while saying the US might have to target Pickaxe Mountain. Separately, ships reporting attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz reached a record high, and the UN said fighting in Yemen had exhausted emergency food supplies in Taiz.

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