Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that US President Donald Trump believes that conditions are ripe for reaching an agreement with Iran, while expressing doubts about any possible understanding. In turn, Trump warned of "very painful" repercussions if Tehran fails to conclude an agreement on its nuclear program.
Published on: 02/12/2026 - 22:25 Last updated: 02/13/2026 - 05:44
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that US President Donald Trump believes he is creating the conditions that might lead to a “good deal” with Iran, but he expressed doubts about any such agreement.
For his part, US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Thursday with "very painful" repercussions if it failed to reach an agreement on its nuclear program, expressing his hope to obtain a result within the next month.
Trump said in response to a question related to his talks on the issue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday: “We have to reach an agreement, otherwise it will be very painful... I don’t want that to happen, but we have to reach an agreement.”
He added: "Failure to reach an agreement will be very painful for Iran."
Netanyahu went to Washington, where he held a meeting with Trump, the seventh since the US president returned to power, and sought to adopt a more stringent approach in the nuclear talks with Iran.
Netanyahu said before leaving Washington, according to a video statement distributed by his office, that Trump “believes that the Iranians have already realized who they are dealing with.”
He continued that the US President "believes that the conditions he is creating, coupled with (the Iranians') clear awareness of the mistake they made last time in not reaching an agreement, may provide the conditions for achieving a good agreement."
He continued: "I expressed (to Trump) general doubts about the quality of any agreement with Iran, but I said that if an agreement should actually be reached, it must include very important elements from our point of view. The matter is not only related to the nuclear issue but also to the ballistic missiles and (armed groups) that Iran supports."
On Wednesday, Trump assured Netanyahu at the White House that talks with Iran must continue, rejecting pressure from the Israeli prime minister to take a tougher stance toward the Islamic Republic.
Iran has so far refused to expand the scope of the discussions beyond the issue of its nuclear program, at a time when Washington is pressing to put Tehran's ballistic missile program and its support for armed groups in the region on the discussion table.
France 24/AFP
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