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President Donald Trump issued a new ultimatum to Iran this Tuesday, giving it "two or three days" to accept a nuclear agreement, in statements made from the White House that increase diplomatic pressure on Tehran at a moment of ceasefire described by the president himself as "incredibly fragile."
"I say two or three days. Perhaps Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Something maybe at the beginning of next week. A limited period of time," Trump declared, as reported by the EFE agency.
The ultimatum comes a day after Trump halted a planned attack against Iran considering that there were "serious negotiations ongoing," CBS News reported.
The positions of both parties continue to be profoundly distant.
Washington demands the complete dismantling of Iran's nuclear program, a twenty-year moratorium on uranium enrichment, and the delivery of 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%.
Iran, for its part, proposed a three-phase plan and a 15-year pause on enrichment, a proposal that Trump rejected on May 11, calling it "totally unacceptable."
Tehran also insists that it will not discuss nuclear details while the armed conflict continues, and asserts that its right to enrichment is recognized under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed in March 2026 that Iran possessed 5,500 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, a quantity sufficient to manufacture several nuclear weapons if further processed.
The military context is equally tense. The U.S. and Israel launched the Epic Fury Operation on February 28, 2026, targeting over 2,000 sites in Iranian territory.
On April 28, Iran responded with Operation True Promise 4, launching over 500 missiles and 2,000 drones against Israel and 27 U.S. bases.
A fragile ceasefire went into effect on April 8, 2026, although Trump warned on May 17 that if Iran does not reach an agreement “there will be nothing left of them”.
The Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the administration's stance by stating that Trump is "the first U.S. president to actually do something concrete" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
After 44 hours of talks, Trump described the negotiations as "very good" and considered an understanding to be "very possible," although the gap between Washington's demands and Tehran's conditions remains the main obstacle to reaching any agreement before the deadline set by the White House.
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