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3 Aug 2026, 19:38

Trump's conversation with reporters
Sections related to Iran
Text of the conversation with machine recognition and translation:

For some reason, when they are negotiating, they don’t like to say that they are negotiating. I say, “Wait, we are negotiating. What does it matter? We are negotiating.” And sometimes they deny it, even though they sit together for hours and negotiate.

Negotiations are progressing.
We were supposed to hit them hard yesterday; very, very hard. A strike more severe than any other strike.
I think I can say—and the generals say this with awareness—more severe than any strike since World War II. This is very big.

We were ready to execute the strike when they called. Besides that, Saudi Arabia called, the UAE called, Qatar called, and many people contacted me. I don’t want to use the word “beg,” but especially Iran did not want to be targeted.

They said, “We want to negotiate. We want to negotiate about the Strait.” But from my perspective, more importantly, we want to negotiate about the denuclearization of Iran, because that is the main issue. The reason I am doing this is that.

This should have been done a long time ago. It has been 50 years now. We always said 47 years, but three more years have passed. It has been 50 years that other presidents should have done what I am doing. Or other countries; it didn’t have to be us, but other countries should have done this. No one did it, and the time had come.

We are talking about the Strait; opening the Strait and literally having it completely open by tomorrow. This is the first stage.
The second stage is that after that, we will talk about the nuclear issue. Essentially, the denuclearization of Iran must happen. It must happen. This will be the second stage.

But
the first stage is the opening of the Strait. The second stage will be denuclearization. That stage will take a little time, but we are very firm on this.
They cannot have nuclear weapons. Iran cannot have nuclear weapons, and I have never changed my position on this.

Regarding shipping in the Strait of Hormuz: I will not allow anyone to take money from anyone. We are the party that has complete control. We have complete control.
You know, there is something called a blockade that is enforced with this navy, and it is called the “Steel Wall”; the “Steel Wall of the United States.”
No, no, no money will be taken. We are not even talking about taking money. No money will be taken.

I think I take great pride in the fact that I give people a chance. I will give people a chance. Launching an attack of that magnitude against a country is a very big decision. I would prefer not to do it now.

I hope they come to their senses.
The attack was supposed to start last night and continue for a long time, and in the end, practically nothing would remain; nothing would remain.

If I am given the opportunity to let many people live, I want to give them that opportunity.

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