During an interaction Monday evening Jerusalem time, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he could guarantee that Iran would not use profits from oil sales to rebuild its military. Trump replied, "They are not supposed to do that." The exchange was reported by journalist Almog Boker and analyst Yair Goldblatt — constitutes a single-source account.
The exchange adds a layer to the ongoing public discourse regarding the US-Iran dynamic. Trump's brief response — 'They are not supposed to do that' — does not constitute a policy statement or a guarantee, but rather a general expression of what the US expects under the current framework (a reported deal or negotiation). The remark comes amid persistent debate on whether Iran is using its oil revenue to rebuild military capacity damaged in recent strikes. The source is a desk-reviewed report attributed to journalist Almog Boker and analyst Yair Goldblatt; no video, transcript, or independent confirmation has been published at this hour. As The Zioneer previously reported, Goldblatt has argued that Iran seeks to use Trump as leverage against Israel on Lebanon and that any emerging deal leaves key security questions unresolved.
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