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The American president Donald Trump warned Iranians to evacuate their capital in a social media post on Monday.
“Everyone should evacuate Tehran immediately!”, the president wrote on Social Truth, without saying why.
Israel has been bombing Iran since early Friday, and the two nations have launched an escalating series of attacks back and forth against each other.
In his post, Trump repeated his claim that Iran should have accepted a deal that would curb its nuclear ambitions.
"Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame and what a waste of human lives. Simply put, IRAN CANNOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS," he wrote. "I've said it over and over!"
Tehran is a city of almost 10 million inhabitants.
Earlier, after meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the G7 Summit, which is being held until Tuesday in the Canadian town of Kananaskis, Trump stated that he is "in constant contact" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that he is talking "with everyone."
“I gave Iran 60 days and they said no. And on day 61, what happened was already seen,” he said, referring to the Israeli attack against Iranian nuclear, military, and scientific facilities in which prominent senior officers of the Iranian Armed Forces, as well as scientists from the country, died.
"I think the agreement will be signed or something will happen but an agreement will be signed," he insisted, going on to say that Iran "is basically at the negotiating table. They want to reach an agreement," despite the fact that the Israeli attack forced the suspension of a new round of negotiations between Washington and Tehran scheduled for Sunday.
The U.S. president avoided the question of whether he wanted a regime change in Iran.
"What I want is for Iran not to have nuclear weapons and we are on our way (to achieving it)," he commented.
Asked about the imposition of new sanctions on Russia, as the European Union (EU) wants, Trump was reluctant. "We'll see, Europe hasn't done it yet," he explained.
"Sanctions cost the United States a lot of money. It's not that easy," he added, although he then stated that "money is not the issue."
"Every week 5,000 young people die, both Russians and Ukrainians. If we can stop it, I would be very happy," he assured after repeating the criticisms of his predecessor, Joe Biden, for the "stupidity" of allowing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
