https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/07/trump-nuclear-talks-with-iran-00218675

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is seeking a new agreement with Iran to curb the country’s nuclear program, warning ominously of a conflict if a deal can’t be reached.

The president earlier told Fox News that he sent a letter to Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, calling for an agreement to replace the one that the Trump administration canceled in May 2018 in favor of what they called a “maximum pressure” campaign.

He suggested, without specifics, that the issue could quickly lead to conflict with Iran, which has accelerated its production of weapons-grade uranium since 2018.

“We’re at final moments.” Trump said. “We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.”

The White House did not release the letter and the president did not make it clear whether he was suggesting direct U.S. action was an option in dealing with the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran — an issue that has challenged multiple administrations.

“There’ll be some interesting days ahead, that’s all I can tell you. We’re down to final strokes with Iran,” he said.

Later, Trump added that he was interested in peace with Iran.

“Hopefully we can have a peace deal,” he said. “I’m not speaking out of strength or weakness, I’m just saying I’d rather have a peace deal than the other, but the other will solve the problem.”