The White House confirmed that President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran's leaders seeking to negotiate a nuclear agreement.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, sent a letter to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Jamenei, in search of a new agreement with Tehran to restrict his nuclear program and replace the agreement from which he withdrew to the United States during his first mandate.
Iranian state media immediately collected Trump's recognition, which he provided in fragments of an interview with Fox Business News Transmitted on Friday, although Jamenei's office did not confirm that some letter would have been received. The interview is expected to be broadcast in its entire Sunday.
Nor is it known how the 85 -year -old Supreme leader would react, since former president Barack Obama secretly kept his letters to Jamenei before starting the negotiations that led the Tehran agreement with the world powers, established in 2015.
Trump's recognition occurs at a time when Israel and the United States warn that they will never allow you to acquire a nuclear weapon, which has generated fears of a military confrontation while Tehran enriches uranium at levels close to the owner degreea purity that only nations with atomic weapons are looking for.
“I wrote a letter that said: 'I hope you are going to negotiate because if we have to intervene militarily, it will be something terrible,” Trump said. Later, he added in the interview, filmed on Thursday, which had sent the letter “yesterday.”
The White House confirmed Trump's comments, saying that he sent a letter to Iran's leaders seeking to negotiate a nuclear agreement.
“I would prefer to negotiate an agreement. I am not sure that everyone agrees with me, but we can achieve a pact that would be as good as if we earned militarily, ”Trump added. “But the moment is now. The moment is approaching. Something will happen in one way or another. ”
“I hope they will negotiate because it will be much better for Iran, and I think they want to receive that letter,” Trump said. “The other alternative is that we would have to do something because they cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump did not give details about what was specifically offered to Iran in the letter, if this happened. The measure recalled the letters that the Republican sent to the North Korean leader Kim Jong one in his first mandate, after which face -to -face meetings were held, but no agreement was reached to limit atomic bombs and a Pyongyang missile program capable of reaching the United States continental territory.
For a long time, Iran has affirmed that its program has peaceful purposes, even though its officials increasingly threaten to try to manufacture the bomb while maintaining tensions with the United States due to their sanctions, and with Israel while holding a fragile high fire in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
According to evaluations of the intelligence agencies of the United States, Iran has not yet started a weapons program, but has “undertaken activities that position it better to produce a nuclear device, if you decide to do it.”
Since Trump returned to the White House, his government has consistently said that it is eating that they will acquire nuclear weapons. However, a report published last month by the United Nations Nuclear Surveillance Agency indicated that the Islamic country has accelerated its uranium production close to the arms degree.