US President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he will not unfreeze Iranian assets before reaching an agreement with Tehran.
Asked whether he would be willing, as part of a potential agreement, to unfreeze Iranian assets or lift certain sanctions against Iran, Trump replied: “No.”
“(That) comes after. If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking,” he said in the interview with NBC, recorded on Friday.
Iran has demanded that billions in frozen assets be unblocked.
Trump reiterated that he knows exactly where the enriched uranium is located in Iran and wants to recover it one way or another.
“If we make a deal, if we make a deal now we`re friendly, we`ll all go together” to recover this uranium, he said. “We`ll take it out and destroy it.”
Trump urges more `surgical` strikes against Hezbollah
US President Donald Trump called for more “surgical” strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and said he is not demanding the conflict be included in a peace deal with Iran.
“I`d like to see a more surgical attack on Hezbollah. I think it should be more surgical,” Trump told NBC`s “Meet the Press.”
“I`d like to see Lebanon have a better life,” he added.
He also clarified that he is not demanding that Lebanon be included in the Iran deal.
US says shot down Iran drones as war reaches 100th day
The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, as the Middle East war reached its 100th day on Sunday with no end in sight.
The milestone came as mediator Pakistan delivered a message to Iran`s supreme leader.
Gaza health officials say 10 killed in Israeli attacks
Gaza`s civil defence service and hospitals said Israeli attacks killed at least 10 people on Sunday, in the latest episodes of continuing violence despite a months-old truce.
A strike on a vehicle near the Al-Buraq school in western Gaza City killed four people. Another Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis killed five people and wounded 17 others.
Zelensky meets allies in UK after strike hits Ukraine nuclear site
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Britain on Sunday for defence talks with leaders of the UK, France and Germany after new Russian strikes killed five people and hit a nuclear site in Ukraine.
On Sunday, Russia fired waves of drones and other munitions at Ukraine, damaging a nuclear storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Zelensky is seeking more ammunition for anti-air defences and ways to pressure Russia to end the war.
At least 10 dead in shipwreck off Malta
The Italian coastguard said it has recovered 10 bodies after a shipwreck of a migrant boat off Malta.
The vessel, which departed from the Libyan coast with approximately 60 people on board, capsized around 45 nautical miles east-southeast of Malta. Around 48 people were rescued alive. The search operation is continuing.
(With AFP inputs)
World roundup: Won`t unfreeze Iran assets before deal, says Trump
