New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran in the ongoing war but threatened that the “clock is ticking” for
Tehran to make a peace deal with Washington. This comes as the US extended the ceasefire with Iran.
Speaking to reporters in the White House, Trump said he has no plans to deploy nuclear arms but said that the Islamic Republic was already “decimated” through conventional means.
“Why would I use a nuclear weapon? We’ve totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it,” he said.
“No, I wouldn’t use it. A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody.”
In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said, “I have all the time in the World, but Iran doesn’t — The clock is ticking!” Trump said, adding that Iran’s military was destroyed and “their leaders are no longer with us, the Blockade is airtight and strong and, from there, it only gets worse.”
Trump, however, ordered the US Navy to destroy any Iranian boat caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
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