U.S. Prez Trump Announces Nuclear Talks with Iranian Next Week

Addis Ababa, June 26, 2025 (ENA)— United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that American and Iranian officials would talk next week, as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran  appears to be holding. 

Trump told reporters at a NATO summit that the fighting between Israel and Iran has ended, and indicated plans to hold talks with Iranian officials next week to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.

President Trump further said he was not interested in reopening negotiations on Iran's nuclear ambitions. 

"We may sign an agreement. I don't know. To me, I don't think it's that necessary. I mean, they had a war. They fought. Now they're going back to their world. I don't care if I have an agreement or not", Trump noted.

The talks would follow US strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran on Sunday.

A leaked US intelligence analysis found that the core components of Iran's nuclear program were likely not destroyed -- only set back by several months.
Trump has dismissed those reports and repeated claims that the targets were "obliterated."

He maintained: "We assessed that the American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come. This achievement can continue indefinitely if Iran does not get access to nuclear material, which it won't."

Trump also justified the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities by citing the atomic bombings in the final days of World War Two.

He said: "That hit ended the war. I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima, I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing."

Trump made the remarks while attending a meeting of NATO leaders in The Hague.

The US news website Axios has reported that President Trump's efforts to end hostilities between Israel and Iran began in earnest shortly after US bombers struck Iran's nuclear facilities on the weekend.

The report on Tuesday quoted a White House official and other sources.

It said that after the attack, Trump instructed his Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to convey to Iran his desire to negotiate a deal to end the fighting.

The Iranians refused to engage, saying diplomacy would be possible only after they took their revenge by striking US targets.

But before launching its missile attack on a US base in Qatar, Iran notified the Trump administration via Qatar when and what targets it intends to strike.

Immediately after the strike, the Iranians notified the White House they would not conduct any further attacks on US targets.

The White House responded, via Qatar, that the US would not retaliate and reiterated its readiness to resume negotiations with Iran.

Axios also said Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and expressed his desire for the conflict to end.

Netanyahu reportedly agreed to the ceasefire and said Israel would not conduct any more strikes as long as Iran stopped launching missiles.

Trump spoke with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, while Vice President JD Vance spoke with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and they finalized the terms of the ceasefire, including the time it would begin.