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Trump says he 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear programme. So does he need a deal?
25 June 2025 23:03 BST
US President Donald Trump says he doesn’t need a nuclear agreement with Iran, but the fact is that Iran, Israel and the United States are all back to posturing for talks after a nasty 12-day conflict between the two arch foes culminated in the USbombing three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.
Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday hinted that his country could pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran’s tightly controlled parliament symbolically voted to ban inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from the country.
Current and former US officials tell Middle East Eye they are reading the Iranian moves as setting up bargaining chips for negotiations that Trump said will take place next week.