White House Says the U.S. is 'On a Diplomatic Path With Iran'

TIME

White House says U.S. President Donald Trump has ended "the immediate threat" of Iranian nuclear program Press secretary Karoline Leavitt began Thursday's briefing by touting a U.S. mission that "will go down in the history books" as an "overwhelming success." She also said Trump "wants peace" and U.S. officials are in communication with Iranian leaders.

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00:00Right now, we're on a diplomatic path with Iran.

00:03The President and his team, namely Special Envoy Witkoff, continue to be in communication

00:08with the Iranians, and especially our Gulf and Arab partners in the region, to come to

00:13an agreement with Iran.

00:14The President mentioned in a true social post that no enriched uranium was moved from

00:19Fordow.

00:20What about the other two sites, Isfahan and Natanzan?

00:23How can the President be so sure that no uranium was moved?

00:26Well, what I can assure you is that the United States and our intelligence agencies and Director

00:33Ratcliffe and the President's entire national security team were obviously watching these

00:37sites very closely in the weeks and the days leading up to the attack on Saturday, which

00:41I will add was one of the most secretive and successful operations in United States history.

00:46I think many of you in this room would agree with that, because none of you in this room

00:49knew about the strike on Saturday until it took place.

00:52So we were watching closely, and there was no indication to the United States that any

00:56of that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strike.

00:59From any of the sites?

01:00Correct.

01:01So the Ayatollah Khomeini came out and said that Iran will, quote, never surrender to the

01:04U.S.

01:05That being said, what remains to do with the possible responses from Iranian proxies in

01:10the region and even in the U.S.?

01:12Look, we saw the Ayatollah's video, and when you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save

01:18face.

01:19Any common-sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday

01:24night.

01:25They were wildly successful, and it's what led to the ceasefire agreement between Israel

01:30and Iran, which the President is very grateful for.

01:33And the United States of America prepare — remains prepared to defend our assets and our

01:38personnel in the region.

01:39And again, I would just emphasize the success of the strike that took place on Saturday night,

01:44and the world is a safer place because of it.

01:46Thanks, guys, for coming today, and you'll see the President at 4 o'clock.

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