Trump tells – At the G7 summit on Tuesday, President Donald Trump framed Iran as a foreign-policy task meant to be moved past quickly—even as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid new Western sanctions pressure on Russia. Trump said he expects his Iran de
President Donald Trump arrived at the G7 summit Tuesday with two foreign-policy tests sitting on the agenda at the same time: a fragile track to end the conflict with Iran, and a push to end the war in Ukraine.
World leaders met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks on Tuesday after Britain unveiled a new round of sanctions targeting Russia’s so-called shadow fleet—a network of ships used to keep oil moving around Western restrictions.
Trump was among those who met with fellow G7 leaders and Zelenskyy, speaking right after he announced what he says is a deal to end the conflict with Iran.
“I’m very happy to say the deal will be signed and the Strait is already partially opened,” Trump said. “So, you know, now that this is finished, we’re going to be focusing on that, see if we can get that one done. 25,000 people a month are dying, mostly, mostly soldiers. That shouldn’t happen.”
In the same remarks, Trump told other world leaders that he wants the focus to shift toward Ukraine, saying the Iran issue will soon be “back in the rearview mirror.” He also said he will hold further talks with Zelenskyy after initial Ukraine discussions wrapped in just over an hour.
“The whole thing is ridiculous,” Trump said of the war. “So, yeah, I’m going to do whatever I can.”
But the Iran story isn’t ending neatly at the moment Trump wants it to.
Iran signals more negotiation still ahead
Trump’s public declarations about progress on Iran have been met with a different message from Tehran. Iran’s foreign minister said talks with the U.S. will move forward in two phases. The first phase. the foreign minister said. would focus on ending the conflict. reopening the Strait of Hormuz. accessing frozen funds. and reconstruction.
Only after that, the foreign minister said, would negotiators tackle the bigger questions of Iran’s nuclear program and sanctions relief.
Tehran’s framing doesn’t fully match what Trump has been saying.
Trump has repeatedly said the Strait of Hormuz is fully open, and that Iran has already agreed to never develop a nuclear weapon—claims that stand in tension with Tehran’s insistence that the nuclear program and sanctions relief are still part of later negotiations.
Taken together, the exchange at the G7 is forcing a hard timing question: whether Trump can move on to Ukraine as he promised, or whether Iran’s unresolved bargaining—especially on nuclear and sanctions—will keep dragging the conversation back into the room.
Where the meeting leaves things Tuesday
As G7 leaders sat down with Zelenskyy. Britain’s new sanctions targeting Russia’s shadow fleet underscored that pressure on Moscow was not pausing while negotiations elsewhere take place. Trump. for his part. was talking as though the Iran deal’s next formal step—its signing—and a partially reopened Strait will clear the path to concentrate on Ukraine.
Yet Tehran’s two-phase outline suggests that even if the conflict phase begins to shift. the most consequential parts of the bargain—nuclear limitations and sanctions relief—are still scheduled for a later turn. For now, Trump is trying to close the Iran file quickly. Iran is telling the world it’s only starting with the conflict, and that the hardest negotiations come next.
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rearview mirror?? like it’s just driving away from Iran lol
so he says Iran is basically done and we move on to Ukraine, but isn’t Iran still like… Iran? also 25,000 people a month dying??? seems like they should be doing more than “partially opened strait” headlines
Wait I thought the G7 was about ending the Ukraine war not Iran. And “shadow fleet” ships keeping oil moving sounds like something the US does too? like how is that any different. also the whole thing is ridiculous is exactly right
I don’t even get it. He says the Iran deal will be signed but then it says it’s not ending neatly. sounds like he jumped the gun again. and the sanctions are on Russia’s shadow fleet so that’s somehow connected to Iran?? maybe I’m missing it but these meetings always turn into talking while people keep dying, 25k a month is insane