Donald Trump issues fresh warning to Iran as 60-day ultimatum expires
Talks between the US and Iran on a deal which were due to take place this weekend were suspended indefinitely following Israel's deadly airstrikes on Tehran
US President Donald Trump has declared that Iran may have a “second chance” to reach a deal over its nuclear program after a 60-day “ultimatum” he issued Tehran ended.
Talks between Washington and Tehran on a nuclear deal were due to take place this weekend but were suspended indefinitely following Israel’s deadly airstrikes on Iran early Friday.
Israel attacked Iran in a series of strikes that killed top Iranian military officers and hit nuclear and missile sites. The attack raised concerns of an all-out war between the two countries.
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President Trump on Friday urged Iran to reach a deal.
“Two months ago I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.'" he wrote on Truth Social. “They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!"
Earlier, Trump said there was "still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end."
"Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE," he wrote.
Israel’s military said it used 200 fighter jets on around 100 targets. It was the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq.
In retaliation, Iran launched over 100 drones toward Israeli territory on Friday. Israel said the drones were intercepted outside its airspace.
Israel reportedly spent years preparing for the operation - dubbed “Rising Lion” - including building a drone base inside Iran and smuggling weapons systems and commandos into the country.
The Israeli military warned that the country must prepare for “a prolonged operation.”
Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz was also hit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack was necessary to head off an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs.
“This is a clear and present danger to Israel’s very survival,” he said.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said residential areas were targeted in the attack. He added that Israel “opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to a crime in our beloved country, revealing its malicious nature more than ever by striking residential centers.”
