In a series of simultaneous positions, US President Donald Trump announced that he had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing developments in the Iranian and Ukrainian files, describing the talks as “very good.”
Trump stressed that Washington “will not allow Iran to possess a nuclear weapon,” noting that Putin supports this approach, with his interest in the nuclear enrichment file.
In the same context, Trump said that the United States had “destroyed Iran’s air defenses,” adding that Tehran no longer had only a limited number of missiles, stressing that his country had succeeded in destroying “90% of its missile program.”
He also considered that Iran possesses “a small percentage of missile manufacturing facilities,” an indication of the decline in its military capabilities, as he put it.
He pointed out that the talks with Putin also touched on the war in Ukraine, expressing his belief that the Russian president “wants to reach a solution soon.”
These statements come in light of the escalation of regional and international tensions, as security issues intersect between Iran and Ukraine within a broader framework of competition between the major powers.
These positions also reflect the continuation of the hard-line American approach towards the Iranian nuclear program, in parallel with diplomatic moves with Moscow to try to control the paths of escalation on more than one front.
