US won’t let Iran’s ‘murderous regime’ acquire nuclear weapons: Trump

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ Accusing Iran of fuelling bloodshed in West Asia, President Donald Trump today said the United States would not let ‘murderous regime’ in Tehran acquire nuclear weapons.

“We must ensure that this murderous regime does not even get close to a nuclear weapon, and that Iran ends its proliferation of dangerous missiles, and its support for terrorism. No matter where you go in the Middle East, wherever there’s a problem, Iran is right there,” he said.

Trump was addressing a joint White House news conference with the visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders had discussed the current situation in Iran and its alleged ‘destabilisng behavior’.

“In our meetings today, the Chancellor and I discussed Iran, the Iranian regime that fuels violence, bloodshed and chaos all across the Middle East,” Trump said.

He said it was not ‘appropriate’ to talk on whether the US may consider the use of military force against Iran. “But, I can tell you this, they will not be doing nuclear weapons; that, I can tell you. They’re not going to be doing nuclear weapons, you can bank on it,” Trump said.