Trump warns Iran as energy prices hit economies
Talks between Iran and the United States on ending the war seemed stalled Wednesday, despite US President Donald Trump earlier claiming Iran had informed his administration that it was in a “State of Collapse”.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump criticised Iran’s handling of nuclear negotiations, saying it has failed to move toward a deal. “Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!” he wrote.
US President Donald Trump criticized Iran’s handling of nuclear negotiations, saying it has failed to move toward a deal.
“Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!” he wrote on Truth Social. Trump’s post featured an AI-generated image of himself holding a weapon amid explosions with the caption “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY.”
Tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program rose before the war broke out, with Trump repeatedly vowing to ensure the country can’t build a nuclear weapon. Iran long has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful, though it enriched uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels.
Highly enriched uranium likely at Isfahan, IAEA says
The majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely still at its Isfahan nuclear complex, which was bombarded by airstrikes last year and faced less intense attacks in this year’s US-Israeli war, the head of the UN nuclear agency said.
Rafael Grossi said in an interview on Tuesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency has satellite images showing the effects of the latest US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran and that “we continue to get information”.
IAEA inspections ended at Isfahan when Israel last June launched a 12-day war that saw the United States bomb three Iranian nuclear sites. The UN nuclear watchdog believes a large percentage of Iran’s highly enriched uranium “was stored there in June 2025 when the 12-day war broke out, and it has been there ever since,” Grossi said.
Lebanese army soldier killed in Israeli strike
A Lebanese army soldier was killed Wednesday along with his brother in an Israeli strike that targeted the motorcycle on which they were travelling from the soldier’s work post to his home in the village of al-Souaneh, the army said in a statement.
The Lebanese army has stood on the sidelines during the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, which began on March 2 when the militant group launched a salvo of missiles into Israel, two days after the US and Israel launched their attacks on Iran.
A total of 20 Lebanese army soldiers has been killed by Israeli strikes since March 2, most of them while en route to or from their duty stations, the army said.
Altogether, more than 2,500 people have been killed in Lebanon during the war and during a shaky ceasefire implemented earlier this month that has reduced but not halted the fighting.
