"We are doing very well with respect to the whole situation in Iran." Earlier on Sunday, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed suggestions Tehran was seeking talks. “We never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation,” he told CBS. “I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their territory,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Florida to Washington on Sunday. In a separate social media post, Trump accused Iran of using artificial intelligence and sympathetic news outlets to spread false battlefield claims.

Source: International New York Times March 16, 2026 09:15 UTC