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(NewsNation) — An announcement that Iran has pulled retired of atomic talks with the United States came connected Friday, conscionable days aft President Donald Trump acknowledged that helium was "less confident" astir reaching a woody than helium had been successful caller months.
In an interview with NBC News connected Friday, however, Trump said that adjacent though Iran had "missed an accidental to maine a deal," they whitethorn inactive person different chance.
"We'll see," Trump said successful the interview.
Iranian parliament subordinate Alaeddin Boroujerdi confirmed that the sixth circular of negotiations, which was acceptable to instrumentality spot successful Oman connected Sunday, has been canceled, according to the Times of Oman. Both the Oman News Agency and Iranian authorities media reported that the talks person been suspended until further notice.
The diplomatic efforts were aimed astatine restricting Iran’s atomic program.
Trump responded to Israel’s strikes connected Iran connected Friday done a societal media post, calling connected Tehran to scope a woody to debar further escalation.
"I gave Iran accidental aft accidental to marque a deal," Trump wrote successful a Truth Social post. "I told them, successful the strongest terms, 'just bash it,' but nary substance however hard they tried, nary substance however adjacent they were, they conscionable couldn't get it done."
He added: "Now everyone is dead, and it's lone going to get worse, but determination is inactive clip to halt this slaughter — earlier the adjacent attacks, which are expected to beryllium adjacent much brutal. Iran indispensable scope a deal. Just bash it, earlier it's excessively late. God bless you all!"
A White House spokesperson did not instantly instrumentality a connection from NewsNation seeking remark astir the presumption of the U.S. talks with Iran successful hopes of striking a deal.
How Israeli attacks shifts the communicative
Israel launched an onslaught Thursday night, targeting Iran's atomic infrastructure and sidesplitting elder subject leaders.
Israeli forces struck cardinal sites successful Natanz, targeting enrichment facilities, weapons programs, atomic scientists and rocket accumulation infrastructure.
Debris from an flat gathering is seen connected apical of parked cars aft a onslaught successful Tehran, Iran, connected June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's superior aboriginal Friday, with explosions booming crossed Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Six atomic scientists, including Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, were besides reported to beryllium dead.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran could soon mass-produce missiles susceptible of carrying atomic warheads, calling the menace “intolerable.”
Where the U.S.-Iran atomic talks stood earlier Iran pulled out
Both the Trump medication and Iran had been hopeful of reaching an statement arsenic a effect of the negotiations that had been mostly indirect, NBC News antecedently reported. Previous negotiations sessions had been characterized arsenic being "respectful and positive."
Trump said successful a podcast with the New York Post this week that helium was "less confident" that a woody could beryllium reached than helium was a mates of months ago. Trump besides accused Iran of delaying, portion Iran said that the U.S. was not earnestly engaged successful the negotiations. Iran besides said that the United States did not respect its close to affluent uranium, which Iran insists would beryllium utilized for peaceful purposes.
In the podcast, Trump said "something happened to them," referencing Iran.
Asked what had happened to the country, Trump responded, "Well, if they don’t marque a deal, they’re not going to person a atomic weapon. If they bash marque a deal, they’re not going to person a atomic weapon, too, you know? But they’re not going a person a caller atomic weapon, truthful it’s not going to substance from that standpoint."
The New York Post study indicated that Trump's peculiar Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, had been progressive successful the indirect atomic talks with Iran, but that the discussions had mostly been unproductive.
