The president Donald Trump warned this Monday that he will never allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, labeling the leaders of the Iranian regime as disturbed individuals in a video released by the official account.
The statements come on the same day that the ultimatum extended by Trump on March 27 expired, granting ten additional days of pause in the attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure.
"They have been negotiating with these people for 47 years. They are great negotiators. And they are not going to have a nuclear weapon," Trump stated in the video.
The leader was direct in describing the Iranian leaders: "If they think it's okay for sick-minded people, who are tough, intelligent, and sick. Truly sick."
"This is disturbed people. If they think I'm going to allow them, being powerful and wealthy, to have a nuclear weapon, they can tell their friends at the New York Times: it's not going to happen," Trump stated.
The president also warned about future scenarios: "And if someone who replaces me someday is weak and ineffective, which is likely to happen because we have had numerous weak, ineffective presidents who are afraid of Iran, we will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon."
These statements are framed within the Epic Fury Operation, initiated on February 28 by the United States and Israel against Iran.
According to Trump, the operation has destroyed 90% of Iranian missiles, 95% of their drones, and has eliminated 49 high-ranking officials, including the supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
The conflict escalated on March 19, 2026, when Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz with mines, drones, and missiles, attacking more than twenty commercial vessels and stranding about 2,000 ships with 20,000 sailors.
Through that strait passes 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas.
Trump threatened to destroy power plants, oil wells, the island of Kharg, and bridges if Iran does not reopen the maritime passage.
Similarly, this Sunday, a mediator proposed a 45-day ceasefire, which Trump described as a "significant step."
However, rejecting to negotiate under ultimatums and threats, Iran responded with a ten-point counterproposal.
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed in March that Iran has 5,500 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, enough for nine nuclear bombs if further processed.
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