‘We’ll See What Can Happen’: Trump Teases Upcoming Nuclear Talks With Iran

President Donald Trump revealed Monday in a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. would be engaging in high-level talks with Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

The president added that a large meeting with “very high-level” officials from the U.S. and Iran is set to take place Saturday in the wake of his repeated warnings to the country that it would face consequences if it did not reach a nuclear deal. Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had previously ruled out talks with the U.S. should it continue its “maximum pressure” stance.

“We’re having direct talks with Iran, and they’ve started. It’ll go on Saturday. We have a very big meeting, and we’ll see what can happen,” Trump said during the conference.

With its current stockpiles, Iran can make a nuclear weapon with 60% enriched uranium in just one week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a November 2024 bulletin. Trump pulled out of the Obama-era nuclear deal in 2018, which was often criticized for being too soft on Iran as it lacked a perpetual ban on the country’s nuclearization once sunset provisions triggered.