A frantic President Donald Trump scrambled to clear up his messaging on Iran’s nuclear capabilities after a bizarre ceasefire announcement mix-up.
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning, he addressed uranium enrichment after confusion over its mysterious omission from an English-language peace agreement agreed on Tuesday. The topic was discussed in Farsi-language versions, though.
“The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change! There will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) Nuclear ‘Dust,’” he wrote.
His post continued: “It is now, and has been, under very exacting Satellite Surveillance (Space Force!). Nothing has been touched from the date of attack. We are, and will be, talking Tariff and Sanctions relief with Iran. Many of the 15 points have already been been agreed to. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
It comes after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire less than 90 minutes before Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline on Tuesday. However, confusion quickly arose over some of the language regarding nuclear capabilities.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, claimed that Iranian forces would “cease their defensive operations” and allow traffic to flow through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world.
He added that Trump had accepted the “general framework” of Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan as “a basis for negotiations.”
However, the Farsi-language version of the plan included a key detail that the Associated Press noted was left out of the English versions.
The Farsi plan said Iran was demanding “continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of enrichment, lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions.”
“Acceptance of enrichment” was glaringly omitted from the version circulated to the West, perhaps leading to Trump’s dramatic clean-up job on Wednesday morning.
In a follow-up post, Trump threatened any country that tries to engage in weapons trade with Iran. “A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions!” he wrote.
He had earlier declared that he would pull out of plans to bomb Iranian infrastructure, saying that Iran’s 10-point proposal was “a workable basis on which to negotiate.”
“Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated,” he added in a Truth Social post on Tuesday evening.
Hours later, Fars News Agency, citing “an informed source,” released components of the plan, which included “Recognition of Iran’s right to enrich uranium by the U.S., along with discussions on enrichment levels,” according to Iran Wire.
The regime’s nuclear capability was used as a main justification for Trump launching “Operation Epic Fury” in February, despite his administration’s repeated insistence that it had been “obliterated” during “Operation Midnight Hammer” in June last year.
