US President Donald Trump mentioned Iran in his State of the Union\naddress to the US Congress on Tuesday (February 24th) local time. Trump\nexplained why he had deployed US military assets on a large scale around\nIran in recent times.<\/p>\n
This State of the Union address was delivered as tensions between the\nUS and Iran continue to escalate, with war between the two countries\npredicted to be imminent.<\/p>\n
In his speech, as reported by CNN on Wednesday (February 25th, 2026),\nTrump said that his goal is to ensure that Iran does not acquire nuclear\nweapons. However, Trump did not provide a complete explanation of his\nstrategic objectives in threatening Tehran with war.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey (Iran) want to make a deal, but we haven\u2019t heard those magic\nwords: We will never have nuclear weapons,\u201d Trump said in a relatively\nshort section of his speech about Iran.<\/p>\n
He reiterated that his choice is to pursue diplomacy.<\/p>\n
Although, in recent times, the US has deployed two of its aircraft\ncarriers to the Middle East. The USS Abraham Lincoln has been in the\nregion, while the USS Gerald R Ford, the world\u2019s largest aircraft\ncarrier, has arrived at a US base in Souda Bay, Greece.<\/p>\n
In his State of the Union address, Trump insisted that Iran is still\ntrying to advance its nuclear program, even after this US President\nclaimed that a US bombing in June last year had \u201cdestroyed Iran\u2019s\nnuclear weapons program\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been warned not to make any further attempts to rebuild\ntheir weapons program, especially nuclear weapons. But they continue to\ndo so, starting from scratch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have destroyed it, and they want to start it again. And now\nagain, they are pursuing their evil ambitions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Iran has repeatedly stated clearly that it is not developing nuclear\nbombs. On Tuesday (February 24th) local time, Iranian Foreign Minister\nAbbas Araghchi explicitly reiterated that Tehran is not developing\nnuclear bombs.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur fundamental belief is very clear: Iran, under any circumstances,\nwill never develop nuclear weapons,\u201d Araghchi said in a recent statement\nvia social media X.<\/p>\n
Araghchi is leading the Iranian delegation in ongoing nuclear\nnegotiations with the US, with the latest round scheduled for Thursday\n(February 26th) in Geneva, Switzerland. Oman is acting as a mediator in\nthe indirect talks between the two countries.<\/p>\n
Many countries doubt Iran\u2019s honesty when it denies developing nuclear\nweapons. In the past, Tehran has enriched uranium to a level that is\nonly one step away from producing weapons-grade material.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/trump-explains-reasons-for-deploying-military-in-state-of-the-union-address-1772010462", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }