Wed 29 April 2026:
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to “get smart soon” over a nuclear deal, declaring: “No more Mr. nice guy!”
“Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.
Notably, the post included an image of the US president wearing a black suit and sunglasses while holding a firearm, with explosions in an Iranian landscape behind him.
The US and Israel launched a joint offensive against Iran on Feb. 28, prompting Tehran to respond with strikes on what it described as US interests across the region, many of them in Gulf countries.
A ceasefire was announced on April 8 through Pakistani mediation, followed by talks hosted in Islamabad on April 11-12, but the negotiations ended without an agreement.
Trump later said the truce had been extended at Pakistan’s request pending a proposal from Tehran.
He signaled Monday that he was unlikely to accept Iran’s latest proposal to end the war after Tehran proposed a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz while leaving questions about its nuclear program for later negotiations.
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US negotiators continuing communication with Iran: White House
The White House says negotiators are continuing to engage with the Iranians, who are “struggling to sort out their leadership situation” amid the war.
In a statement to US media, spokesperson Anna Kelly said Trump would only enter into an agreement with Iran that “puts U.S. national security first”.
“He has been clear that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon,” Kelly said.
The White House’s statement comes after Trump said on his TruthSocial media platform that Iran did not know how to sign a non-nuclear deal and that they “better get smart soon”.
Iranian rial drops to record low against dollar
The Iranian rial has dropped to a new record low against the US dollar.
According to currency-tracking websites Bonbast and AlanChand, the rial was trading at about 1.80 million rials against the dollar on the black market. When the war began at the end of February, one dollar was traded at about 1.70 million rials.
While Iran officially has several fixed exchange rates, Bonbast and AlanChand are generally used as benchmarks for unofficial rates.
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