Trump Claims Iran Agreed Not to Develop Nuclear Weapons

US President Donald Trump has insisted that Iran will not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons and unilaterally claimed that Tehran has agreed to denuclearisation. The assertion, reported by Fox News on Tuesday, was made by Trump while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday. He discussed plans for a high-level meeting between the US and Iran in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Trump stated that the talks would focus on Iran’s nuclear programme, particularly denuclearisation. Tehran has previously denied Trump’s claims, insisting there are no plans for a meeting or negotiations with Washington in Qatar in the near future. “The meeting in Doha might be important, it might not be. We’ll see,” Trump told reporters whilst signing his latest executive orders. “It’s about the denuclearisation of Iran. We don’t want them to have nuclear weapons, and they won’t have nuclear weapons. They have agreed to that,” he claimed. In a statement via Truth Social on Monday, Trump said Iran had requested the meeting with the US in Doha. The White House indicated that US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner would attend the meeting. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump insisted the US-Iran delegation meeting would take place in Qatar on Tuesday. “There will be a meeting on that tomorrow,” Trump said on Monday. “We’ll see how it goes. But we’re doing very well on that front.” Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a statement on Monday, reiterated Tehran’s long-standing position on its nuclear activities. He said the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had “clearly stated that Iran has no intention of making nuclear weapons” and that Iran maintains the same stance. “We assure the international community that these activities will be utilised according to immediate needs and within the framework of our established policies,” Pezeshkian said, according to ISNA news agency and Middle East Monitor. In a separate statement on X, Pezeshkian said Iran is committed to a memorandum of understanding with the US, provided Washington also fulfils its obligations. However, he warned that Tehran is prepared to “defend itself firmly”. “Mutual understanding is a two-way street. If the American side complies with the agreement, we will also fulfil our commitments,” he said.