Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Donald Trump. (Khamenei: West Asia News Agency, Reuters; Trump: Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
"I want them to succeed. I want them to end up being a great country, frankly, but they can't have a nuclear weapon. That's the only thing. It's very simple," Trump said. "It's not like I have to give you 30 pages' worth of details. There's only one sentence. They can't have a nuclear weapon. And I think we're getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this."
He went on to state simply that there were limited options when it came to the deal and that he personally would rather go the more amicable route.
"There's two steps. There's a very, very nice step, and there's a violent step. There’s violence like people haven't seen before, and I hope we're not going to have to do this. I don't want to do the second step. Some people do. Many people do. I don't want to do that step," he said.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei attends a Nowruz event in Tehran, Iran, on March 21, 2025. Nowruz is considered as the beginning of the new year according to the Iranian calendar. (Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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"So we'll see what happens, but we're in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace. And if we do that, it'll be fantastic. And for this country in particular, because you're right next door. You're a stone's throw away, not even right here, a foot away. You can walk right into Iran. Other countries are much further away, so probably it's not quite the same level of danger, but we are going to protect this country. It is a very special place with a special royal family," Trump said.
"And the head of the royal family is two heads of the royal family, really, if you think. Great people. And they're going to be protected by the United States of America. And I think we're not going to have to do it because I believe very strongly in peace."
Fox News Digital's Morgan Phillips and Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
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