White House says Iran "very much continues" talks with Washington

The White House stated that Iran remains engaged in talks with the United States and has expressed a desire to reach an agreement, despite recent US military actions. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt affirmed that Iran continues to communicate with the US and wants to finalize a deal, especially as they face significant blows from US military operations.

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Iran very much continues to talk to the United States of America and express that they want to make a deal with us because they are suffering devastating blows on behalf of our United States military.

Leavitt explained that the recent US strikes were a direct response to Iran's alleged violation of a 14-point memorandum of understanding. Specifically, Iran reportedly broke the agreement by attacking commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. "President Trump is not going to sit by and allow these active acts of terrorism to take place in the strait without ensuring Iran pays a consequence for that," Leavitt said.

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The reason for the recent strikes over the course of the last several days is because Iran violated the memorandum of understanding that we struck with them. Specifically, in the memorandum of understanding that they signed, they were not to fire on commercial vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz. And unfortunately, they have made the tragic decision to do that.

The ongoing hostilities and Iran's actions, Leavitt argued, reinforce the US administration's stance that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons. She noted that while the US had pursued diplomacy after Operation Epic Fury, Iran subsequently violated the agreed-upon terms. "They have expressed they still want to make a deal with the President. We're talking to them, but again, the President is not going to allow them to fire on ships in the strait without paying a consequence for that," she added.

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President Trump is not going to sit by and allow these active acts of terrorism to take place in the strait without ensuring Iran pays a consequence for that, and that's what we are witnessing right now.

US strikes against Iran continued for the sixth consecutive night on Thursday, escalating tensions between the two nations following the breakdown of the 14-point memorandum of understanding. US Central Command confirmed the operations targeted Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels.

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Look at how bad they are behaving. It just proves the President's initial point for launching Operation Epic Fury in the first place: Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon.