His remarks came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Newsmen on Tuesday that no negotiations are taking place with Washington, despite direct and indirect exchanges of messages

President Donald Trump has stated that the United States could end its attacks on Iran within two to three weeks, asserting that a deal is not required to conclude a conflict that has disrupted energy markets and unsettled the global economy.

His remarks came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Newsmen on Tuesday that no negotiations are taking place with Washington, despite direct and indirect exchanges of messages, nearly five weeks after the U.S. and Israel began military operations against Iran.

Trump, who had previously claimed that Iran was seeking a deal, appeared to change his stance on Tuesday regarding diplomacy.

“Iran doesn’t have to make a deal, no,” he said when asked by reporters at the White House whether diplomacy was necessary to wind down the conflict.

“We’ll be leaving very soon … maybe two weeks, maybe three.”
He added, “When we feel that they are, for a long period of time, put into the Stone Ages and they won’t be able to come up with a nuclear weapon, then we’ll leave.”

Iran has consistently maintained that its nuclear program is peaceful and that it has never pursued a nuclear weapon.

Trita Parsi, an Iran policy expert at the Quincy Institute, cautioned that Trump’s statements should be treated carefully.

He noted that it would not be simple for the U.S. to withdraw from a conflict that has spread across the region and killed thousands of people primarily in Iran and Lebanon, where Israel has launched ground invasions alongside airstrikes, including many civilian casualties.

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