Trump Says Iran Must Surrender to End War as U.S.-Iran Talks Remain Stalled

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran should surrender to end a war with the U.S. as talks between the countries remained stalled.

"They should put up the white flag of surrender," Trump ‌told a Fox News reporter during a phone interview.

An interim deal agreed to in June declared an "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts", but quickly unraveled, with Trump saying it was "over" on 7 July and Iran's foreign ministry declaring it "suspended" a week later.

Under that memorandum ⁠of understanding, Iran and the U.S. committed to negotiating a final deal — covering broader issues such as the fate of Iran's nuclear programme — in a maximum of 60 days, extendable by mutual consent. Monday marks 60 days since the MOU was signed.

Separately, Oman and Iran have been in talks to try to reach an agreement to restore commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which carried 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies before the ‌U.S.-Israeli ⁠attacks on Iran began in late February.

"If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them," Trump told Fox.

Earlier on Monday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform: "The number one Goal ⁠is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon," repeating one of his stated rationales for the war.




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