"Witkoff": President Trump wonders why not "You give up" Iran yet!

US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Saturday that President Donald Trump wonders why… "surrender" Iran in front of The US military buildup aimed at pressuring it to reach a nuclear agreement.

The United States conducted And IranThis week in Geneva, a second round of talks sponsored by the Sultanate of Oman aims to avoid the possibility of launching American military action against the Islamic Republic, after Washington sent two aircraft carriers and various military pieces to the region to increase pressure on Tehran.

In an interview with Lara Trump, the wife of Donald Trump’s son, on Fox News, Witkoff said that the US President "He wonders" About Iran’s position after he warned it of dire consequences if it failed to reach an agreement.

He added "I don’t want to use the word frustrated, because he realizes that he has many alternatives, but he is surprised at how…they haven’t given up yet"

Witkoff continued "Why, under this pressure, with all this enormous naval power there, did they not come to us and say: We declare that we do not want weapons, so here is what we are prepared to do? However, it is difficult to get them to do so" The American envoyin the interview said that he met with the son of the former Shah, Reza Pahlavi, who had not returned to Iran since before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, which toppled his father’s regime.

He said "I met him at the direction of the President"without going into details.

Pahlavi, who resides in the United States, stated last week before a crowd in Munich that he was ready to lead the country toward… "A secular democratic future" After Trump said that regime change is best for the country.

Witkoff’s statements come after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that a draft proposal for an agreement with Washington would be ready within days.

Trump said Thursday that Iran has a maximum of 15 days to reach an agreement on concerns related to its nuclear program.

While talks were ongoing between the two countries in Geneva, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Trump will not succeed in destroying the Islamic Republic.

/>Western countries accuse the Islamic Republic of seeking to possess nuclear weapons, which is denied by Tehran, which asserts its right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes.

Iran, for its part, is seeking to negotiate the lifting of sanctions that have severely damaged its economy and contributed to the outbreak of anti-government protests in December.