@dariush_omran Negotiations with Iran will never lead to a result. Finish the job, Mr. President. The people of Iran are counting on you. Make iran great again. @POTUS
I am momentarily relieved for the 90 million Iranians who just spent the worst 24 hours of their lives thinking they were about to face nothing short of a nuclear catastrophe—not the regime, but innocent civilians who have nothing to do with their government, and long for freedom. I’m also relieved for the American servicemembers who would have been placed in even graver danger and ordered to carry out war crimes.
But this doesn’t change anything. Donald Trump threatened genocide and war crimes against Iranians this morning. His statements that “a whole civilization will die” and that he’ll take Iran “back to the stone ages” confirm that he is mentally unstable, unhinged, and unfit for office or any position of authority.
It’s now day 39 of Trump’s illegal regional war that has had deadly and catastrophic consequences. There has been no clear plan or rationale, no strategy, and no Congressional authorization or input as required by the Constitution.
Thousands of civilians have been tragically killed across the region, American servicemembers have died and suffered unnecessarily, and millions are displaced from Lebanon to the Gulf. Trump and Pete Hegseth have already committed explicit war crimes by bombing schools, hospitals, bridges, and water desalination plants.
This isn’t partisan. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents now know that Trump is dangerous and unfit.
Whether through impeachment or by invoking the 25th Amendment, it is far past time Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are removed from office. Cabinet officials like JD Vance will be forever tied to this war if they do nothing. We need urgent action for the sake of our national security and the safety and security of the rest of the world.
I’m also demanding that Mike Johnson immediately call the House back into session so we can pass the bipartisan War Powers Resolution and ensure that Trump and Hegseth can never again resume this disastrous war.
I pray this ceasefire holds, and I pray for peace and freedom for the Iranian people.
I had a warm and substantive conversation with President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran, this afternoon.
I conveyed my deep appreciation for the wisdom and sagacity of the Iranian leadership in accepting Pakistan’s offer to host peace talks in Islamabad later this week to work jointly for the return of peace to the region.
President Pezeshkian reaffirmed Iran’s participation in the upcoming negotiations and expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s efforts, while conveying his best wishes for the people of Pakistan.
Pakistan remains committed to working closely with all its friends and partners to advance peace and stability in the region and beyond.
@drpezeshkian
אני רוצה להודות לכם, לעם הנפלא שלנו.
כשאתם גיליתם חוסן כשישבתם בממ"דים ובמקלטים, אנחנו השגנו יחד הישגים אדירים.
לוחמינו בחזית – ואתם בעורף.
אבל לפני הכל, אני מבקש להרכין ראש בפני יקירינו שנפלו במערכה הזאת.
אני מבקש לחבק את המשפחות השכולות ולשלוח בשם כולכם איחולי החלמה מהירה ליקירינו הפצועים.
אחיי ואחיותיי,
מדינת ישראל השיגה הישגים אדירים, הישגים שעד לא מזמן היו נראים דמיוניים לגמרי.
איראן חלשה מאי פעם, וישראל חזקה מאי פעם.
זו השורה התחתונה של המערכה הזו, עד לרגע זה.
ואני מבקש להבהיר:
יש לנו עוד יעדים להשלים - ואנחנו נשיג אותם או בהסכמה או בחידוש הלחימה.
Again a diplomatic solution to end the reign of terror in Iran is the preferred outcome. The supposed negotiating document, in my view, has some troubling aspects, but time will tell. I look forward to the architects of this proposal, the Vice President and others, coming forward to Congress and explaining how a negotiated deal meets our national security objectives in Iran. As President @realDonaldTrump said this morning, all the highly enriched uranium must be removed from Iran and handed over to the United States – the Libyan Model.
Allowing this regime to enrich in the future would be an affront to all those murdered by the regime since this war started and would be inconsistent with denying Iran a pathway toward a bomb in the future. That is why I strongly support President Trump’s statement today: no enrichment for Iran. Many countries have peaceful nuclear power but do not enrich uranium. At a minimum, that should be the case for Iran.
To those who say, Iran needs to save face by having a small enrichment program, I’m not remotely interested in providing face-saving cover to a regime that murders its own people, beats a 16-year-old girl to death for not wearing a headscarf appropriately, and is dripping in American blood.
The last thing I’m interested in is for Iran to be able to save face. I’m interested in a deal that will stop their maniacal drive to a nuclear weapon among other things.
NEW: Iranians take to the streets of Tehran to celebrate after President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and the new Iranian regime.
I have all the confidence in the world that @POTUS understands who he’s talking to in Iran and earnestly seeks a diplomatic solution. But it has to be the right deal.
President Trump – better than anyone I know – understands how to deal with the toughest of people.