President Donald Trump said Iran was the side desperate for a meeting, not the US, and that Washington will not pay Tehran "even ten cents." He spoke during the 60-day period of the US-Iran agreement, as Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon continued. The statement comes from a single source without independent corroboration.
President Donald Trump said Iran 'are finished' and 'were desperate for a meeting, not us,' in a statement Friday evening. 'We will continue to the end of the 60-day period. They will not get from us any money, not even ten cents,' Trump added, without specifying the context or whom he was addressing. The remarks come as Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon continue despite the US-Iran agreement that reportedly calls for a halt to fighting between Israel and Lebanon. Trump did not directly reference Lebanon or the Israeli strikes. The statement is reported by a single source without on-record attribution or independent verification, and no official White House transcript has been published. The 60-day period refers to the timeline of the recently announced US-Iran understanding, which included an expectation of reduced hostilities along the Israel-Lebanon border.
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