Iran Apparently Planning to Outwit or Outwait Trump, Not Relinquish Its Nuclear Programme
by Con Coughlin • Gatestone Institute • March 26, 2025
Iran’s refusal to accept US President Donald Trump’s demand that it completely dismantle its controversial nuclear programme, which Western intelligence officials are convinced is ultimately designed to build nuclear weapons, raises the very real risk of the US launching direct military action to destroy the programme. Pictured: Trump signs an executive order “reimposing maximum pressure on Iran” in the White House on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary @ twitter – Caption; Picture URL, Public Domain)
- “Something’s going to happen one way or the other. I hope that Iran — and I’ve written him a letter, saying, ‘I hope you’re going to negotiate.’ Because if we have to go in militarily, it’s going to be a terrible thing — for them.” — US President Donald J. Trump, interview with Fox News, March 7, 2025
















