(Bloomberg) — U.S. President Donald Trump said there’s “always a chance” of the U.S. taking military action in Iran, though he’d prefer to engage verbally with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Trump said “of course” he’d be willing to talk to Rouhani, pointing out that the Iranian president had himself said he wasn’t looking for conflict with the U.S.“The only thing is we can’t let them have nuclear weapons,” Trump said. The agreement, the signatories said, would prevent Tehran from building the nuclear weapons that some Western powers and Israel feared were the end goal of its atomic program. Iran says its nuclear work is solely aimed at meeting civilian energy and medical needs. Trump criticized the accord — and Iran — again in the ITV interview.

Source: National Post June 05, 2019 12:22 UTC