Trump insists Iran is dying to make a deal to end war with US and Israel
發佈日期: 2026-05-01 21:08
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US President Donald Trump insisted Iran is "dying to make a deal" to end the war with the US and Israel.
However, Iran's supreme leader defiantly vowed to protect the Islamic Republic's nuclear and missile capabilities.
US President Donald Trump asserted once again that Washington has the upper hand in the war with Iran. He claimed the US had wiped out most of Iran's leaders and military, and Tehran is desperate to make a deal.
Donald Trump said: "Iran is dying to make a deal. I can only tell you that. I don't want to get into the details, but they got to, they cannot be nuclear, other than that. But they are...their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone. Every ounce of any form of equipment, practically, is gone, you know, their, their drone factories are about 82 percent down, and their missile factories are almost 90 percent down. And many of their missiles have been knocked out between, they used some, but we knocked out more than they used. And it's pretty, it's pretty amazing what's happened. They want to make a deal."
Trump expressed optimism a peace deal could be worked out very soon, despite his claims Iran's leadership had been largely decimated.
However, Iran's supreme leader defiantly vowed to protect the Islamic Republic's nuclear and missile capabilities, which Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of a wider deal to cement the war's shaky ceasefire.
In a statement read by a state television anchor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said the only place Americans belonged in the Persian Gulf is "at the bottom of its waters" and that a "new chapter" was being written in the region's history.
Khamenei has not been seen in public since taking over as supreme leader following the killing of his father in the war's opening airstrikes.
Meanwhile, Iran's national music orchestra performed to mark the national day of the Persian Gulf in Tehran's Vahdat Hall.
The performance is seen as part of efforts by Iranian authorities to restore normal life in the country amid uncertainty about the conflict with the US and Israel.
