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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
NEW YORK, June 19 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump will decide whether to strike Iran within the next two weeks, White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said.
“Based on the fact that there is a significant likelihood of negotiations with Iran, which may or may not take place in the near future, I will make a decision whether to strike or not within the next two weeks,” she read from Trump’s statement.
As K. Leavitt noted, any possible diplomatic agreement would have to include Tehran’s renunciation of uranium enrichment and ensure that Iran cannot develop nuclear weapons.
The United States and Iran continue to exchange messages and negotiate, Leavitt said. On Thursday, reports emerged that U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East Steven Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had spoken by phone several times in an attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis since Israeli strikes began on the Islamic Republic on June 13. –0–