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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov
“Iran” said in 33 of 128 transcripts, 139 times.
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Jun 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…very hard, and that shouldn't have happened. And then, as you know, Iran hit them very hard last night because of that. I don't think… …of it. I think they don't want it to happen again. And Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon, by the way. I… …They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. The last thing on Iran's mind right now is nuclear weapons. Which? No, no. If there was…
Jun 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by… …report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the… …attacks will be far greater and a lot easier. For 40 years, Iran has been saying: "Death to America. Death to Israel." They have been…
Jun 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…losing. But we're ready, willing, and able, and we've been speaking to Iran , and we'll see what happens. We'll see what happens. Just time to… …to their senses. That's all it is. No, they didn't help. No. Iran doesn't want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us… …well, in terms of war. And I think you would say that Iran is doing less well. It's a little bit hard to get somebody…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…war, is doing pretty well. Yes, please. Yes. No, well, they know Iran very well—better than most—and they're not happy about anything. It's… …Israel. They know them both, actually, but they probably—maybe they know Iran better. But they see what's going on, and they—he agreed with… …involved either, but I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I've been saying it for a long…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…knows what I'm going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran has got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate. And… …They're human. They're human beings. I know a lot of people from Iran —from New York, from Washington—mostly from New York. They're incredible people… …just not a threat you can have. And we've been threatened by Iran for many years. You know, if you go back and look at…
Jun 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…Israel is doing very well, as you probably noticed. And I gave Iran 60 days, and they said no, and on the 61st, you saw… …something will happen, but a deal will be signed. And I think Iran is foolish not to sign one. No. No. They—— Look, Iran should… …to talk in person. I want to see no nuclear weapon in Iran , and we're well on our way to making sure that happens. What…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…in aviation history. Yes, second. Well, I'd love to avoid the conflict. Iran is going to have to negotiate a little bit tougher, meaning they're… …something that could very well happen. Look, it's very simple, not complicated: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Other than that, I want them to… …none of it would have happened. You wouldn't have the Israel problem. Iran was broke. They had no money. We had big sanctions on them…
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…You know, when you think, we're doing a lot of work on Iran right now. And I see that—— ——what you just said: You came… …we're trying to do something with a country we just spoke about, Iran . I think you should negotiate this. You might be better. I think… …midst of a massive negotiation between us and Hamas and Israel. And Iran , actually, is involved. And we'll see what's going to happen with Gaza…
Jun 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…you tonight. I'll see you tonight." And I've been so busy between Iran , Russia, China, and every other problem that we were left— —that I'm…
May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…with Gaza and also Israel. We're having some very good talks with Iran . We'll find out whether that means anything, but we're having good talks… …not happy about that situation. I think we're doing very well with Iran . We're doing very well with Gaza, but we are doing very well… …You wouldn't have had October 7. That would have never happened because Iran was stone- cold broke. They didn't have any money to give to…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…But we have other things to do also. Plus, we have an Iran situation, which we're going to take care of. One way or the…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…would have never started. October 7, Israel, would have never happened, because Iran , as you know, was broke. They were unable to fund Hamas or…
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…working with us very closely with respect to negotiating a deal with Iran , which is the far friendlier course that you would see. I mean… …to make that decision. It's their decision. Because we want to see Iran do well and thrive and be successful and everybody be happy. I… …get it done. They have to move quickly. And I just hope Iran realizes what a good friend they have right here. And, in a…
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…been a tremendous help in so many different ways. We certainly discussed Iran , where it's been really an interesting situation. I have a feeling it's…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 16 times
…stand against the enemies of all civilization. We'd imposed unprecedented sanctions on Iran and starved the regime of resources to fund terror. They were unable… …much. I like you too much. Great guy. They lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for getting nothing and sent the regime tens of billions… …The biggest and most destructive of these forces is the regime in Iran , which has caused unthinkable suffering in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Yemen, and…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…heading over. We'll see what we're going to do with respect to Iran . I think you have very good things happening there too, by the… …to them, and they're, right now, acting—they're very intelligent. We want Iran to be wealthy and wonderful and happy and great, but they can't…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…we have a good chance. And, likewise, we're trying to work on Iran to get that solved without having to get into any bombing—as…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…of the globe. He's met with President Putin, Prime Minister Netanyahu, representatives—Iran and many other places. He is meeting with people that he never… …right now. This is really crunch time, I will tell you, for Iran and for their country. This is a very important time for Iran… …that this is the single most important period in the history of Iran , which is a long history. And we want it to be a…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…attack that would have never happened because the money was given by Iran to Hamas. Iran had no money when I was President. They were… …I put sanctions on last night: Any oil that anybody takes from Iran is not allowed to do business in the United States of America…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…that should have never happened. October 7, Israel, would have never happened. Iran was broke. And now we'll see what happens with Iran. We have… …ahead. What of it? See that? No impact whatsoever. I'm for stopping Iran , very simply, from having a nuclear weapon. They can't have a nuclear… …You buy one barrel of oil, just one barrel of oil from Iran , and you can't do business in the United States." And, by the…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…Oh, if necessary, absolutely. Yes. Yes, I do. You're talking about with Iran ? Yes, I do. It's a start. We have a little time—— ——but… …going to let them thrive. I want them to thrive. I want Iran to be great. The only thing they don't—they can't have is… …weapon. They understand that. You know, the people are so incredible in Iran , and they're so smart. They're very smart people. And—but you know…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…we're working on that right now with others, having to do with Iran and some other countries. But that's the—that's the heat you're going…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…looking at a report. You're right. They make a lot of drones, Iran makes a lot of drones. They make very effective drones too. They… …talk it out, or very bad things are going to happen to Iran , and I don't want that to happen. I don't want that to… …strength or weakness. My big preference is we work it out with Iran . But if we don't work it out, bad, bad things are going…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…allowing October 7 to happen— would have never happened because, under me, Iran was totally broke. They had no money. They weren't giving any money… …Inflation would have never happened. October 7 would have never happened—Israel. Iran had no money. They were totally broke. Think of it. They had… …the sanctions, and China and everybody else that wasn't buying oil from Iran was buying it at levels that they never spent before. And it…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…happened. October 7 would have never happened—Israel. They had no money. Iran had no money. Iran was stone-cold broke, and now they have… …that's going to be the next thing you'll be talking about is Iran —what's going to happen with Iran. And there'll be some interesting days… …I can tell you. You know, we're down to final strokes with Iran . That's going to be an interesting time. And we'll see what happens…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…never happened if I was President too. It would have never happened. Iran was broke. They had no money for Hamas or Hizballah. They had… …to give. Everybody knows that. Jewish people in the audience know that. Iran was broke. They were not giving money around. And when I got…
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…In the Middle East, I've restored my policy of maximum pressure on Iran , designed to bring peace. And we've designated the Houthis a terrorist organization… …that happen. We can't let other countries get nuclear weapons—not only Iran . Iran is a good example, and maybe the one that people think…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…7. What a horrible day that was. That would have never happened. Iran was broke. They had no money to pay to Hamas or Hizballah…
Feb 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…wants me to sign it. I'll do that. It's very tough on Iran . It's what we had before. We would have never had the problem… …shows it more than made up for it—much more historic. The Iran situation hopefully—I'm going to sign it, but hopefully, we're not going… …whether or not we can arrange or work out a deal with Iran and everybody can live together. And maybe that's possible, and maybe it's…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…level people. But hopefully, that could be worked out. You know, look, Iran , hopefully, will be—make a deal. And if they don't make a…
Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…disrespected Biden. And also, the Middle East would have never happened because Iran was broke. They had no money. They had no money for Hamas…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…I think tariffs are more effective. I mean, I used sanctions on Iran . Iran—Iran was broke. When I left office, Iran was broke. They… …attack on air defense was a—that was a bad attack for Iran . We're getting rid of all of the cancer—I call it "cancer…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…anything about this tragedy that you are going through right now. But Iran was broke. Anybody that bought oil from Iran, they couldn't do any…