Trump says US needs to make meaningful deal with Iran, cites good talks
Iranian women walk past an anti-Israeli billboard in Tehran, Iran on Feb 19, 2026.
PHOTO: Reuters via Wana (West Asia News Agency)
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Feb 19) that the US had to make a meaningful deal with Iran, citing good talks with the Middle Eastern country.
"Good talks are being had. It's proven to be, over the years, not easy to make a meaningful deal with Iran. We have to make a meaningful deal, otherwise bad things happen," Trump told the first meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington.
Indirect discussions on Tuesday in Geneva between US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, alongside Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, were aimed at heading off a mounting crisis between the two countries.
The US wants Iran to give up its nuclear programme. Tehran has adamantly refused and denies it is trying to develop an atomic weapon.
Iran is expected to submit a written proposal on how to address US concerns during the Geneva talks, a senior US official told Reuters on Wednesday.
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