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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. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.

“Iran” said in 42 of 96 transcripts, 187 times.

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Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 26, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Cabinet Meeting 11 times

  1. …are absolutely obliterating them. Over the past 3 weeks, we've been hitting Iran's military capabilities at a level that few people have ever seen before…
  2. …the—Barack Hussein Obama, what he did where he gave them the Iran nuclear deal, gave them free will toward a nuclear weapon. Basically, he…
  3. …choose heavy sides. They didn't want to, because people were concerned with Iran. In other words, there was a big black cloud over the Middle…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of Japan and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 19, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a Bilateral Meeting with Japan 5 times

  1. …85. We had great everything. And I saw what was happening in Iran and I said, "I hate to make this excursion, but we're going…
  2. …agrees with me on this. She considers it to be terrible what Iran did. I think every country does—just about every country does. Iran…
  3. …for a lot of reasons beyond even what we're talking about in Iran. When—this is a very volatile world, and the military equipment, the…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 17, 2026 Meeting 24 times

  1. …it, actually. Very important that we take out the nuclear threat from Iran, and we've done that very strongly, very powerfully. We've wiped out their…
  2. …did a great thing by knocking them out. Nobody wants to have Iran—or anybody—but nobody wants to have Iran with a nuclear—because…
  3. …along with us. It's been a very strong collaboration. I was against Iran long before I even thought about Israel being against Iran. I was…

Remarks During a Board of Trustees Meeting of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 16, 2026 Meeting 5 times

  1. …beginning of the conflict, we've struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran, and these have been mostly commercial and military targets. We've achieved a…
  2. …will take a long time to rebuild that. We are aggressively dismantling Iran's defense industrial base, and ability to rebuild its missiles and drone capability…
  3. …very good shape. The countries—I said we've already taken care of Iran, but now because of the fact that literally a single terrorist can…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 3, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts a Bilateral Meeting with Germany 9 times

  1. …it's been very strong. We'll obviously be talking a little bit about Iran today, and he's been helping us out, doing—they've been very nice…
  2. …to watch. And that was all, almost all—95 percent comes from Iran. And Soleimani loved it. His favorite weapon. He loved the roadside bomb…
  3. …have to go and the way they have to live, this is Iran. When you look at the barracks, the famous barracks, when you look…

Remarks at the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Peace

Feb 19, 2026 Meeting 9 times

  1. …had some very interesting meetings having to do with—as you know, Iran is a hot spot right now, and they're meeting, and they have…
  2. …be, over the years, not easy to make a meaningful deal with Iran. We have to make a meaningful deal. Otherwise, bad things happen. But…
  3. …meaningful deal. But they have a great relationship with the representatives of Iran. They have a great relationship with the other one that they're really…

Remarks During a Meeting With Executives of Oil and Gas Companies and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 8 times

  1. …are very familiar with taking oil out of the ground. Yes. So Iran is in big trouble. It looks to me that the people are…
  2. …totally backed down, but this is something pretty incredible that's happening in Iran. It's an amazing thing to watch. They've done a bad job. They've…
  3. …That's never happened before, although I heard that's also taking place in Iran. They named a street, the protesters. I just hope—you know, just…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 7 times

  1. …than they were prior to us taking out the nuclear capability of Iran. You know, Iran has gone down many, many steps in terms of…
  2. …bully of the Middle East anymore. And Iraq was being bullied by Iran, yes. We had a President that thought it was brilliant to blow…
  3. …a sudden, instead of having a power that was basically equal to Iran, they had Iran ruling the Middle East for a long period of…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and an Exchange With Reporters

Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 6 times

  1. …we've done a great job in wiping out the nuclear capacity of Iran. Nobody else could have done that. No other President would have done…
  2. …22 years—they said, "Our predecessors and us practiced the attack on Iran, but no President ever gave us the go-ahead." Three times a…
  3. …it was the right thing to do. You can't have a nuclear Iran, and so we put you in a very good position. But I…

Remarks During a Meeting With President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt and an Exchange With Reporters in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Oct 13, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …important role. I appreciate it very much. Thank you. Right. No, not Iran. But I think Iran will come along. They've been battered and bruised…
  2. …the sanctions off." We're going to end up with peace. I think Iran is going to be fine. I know so many Iranian people. They're…
  3. …all come together. Every country has come together. And by the way, Iran did put out a statement, you know, that they support this deal…

Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 6 times

  1. …just everything came together. I think the attack was very important on Iran, because, let's say that didn't happen. They'd probably, by now, have a…
  2. …dark cloud over it, and it wouldn't be the same thing. So Iran is different, but Iran wants to work on peace now, they've informed…
  3. …it's a great thing. So, we appreciate that, and we'll work with Iran. As you know, we have major sanctions on Iran and lots of…

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …Well, I think Israel can do a lot. I will say that Iran, I think, interjected themselves in this last negotiation. Can you imagine? The…
  2. …that. We will do that gladly—openly and gladly. They've been saying—Iran has been sending out bad signals, I'll tell you. For a country…
  3. …called me. He wanted to know if I could help him with Iran. I said: "No, I don't need your help with Iran. I need…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …actually made the situation worse. But we'll see what happens. I think Iran is acting up. I think that we have a lot of people…
  2. …to him about a lot of things. I talked to him about Iran. I think Iran has been very nasty with their words, with their…
  3. …con job. We have a lot of con jobs going on. But Iran was beaten up very badly, for good reason. We cannot have them…

Remarks Prior to a Working Dinner With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …hasn't stopped. I'm not happy about it either. Yes. We have scheduled Iran talks. And they want to—— They want to talk. They took a…
  2. …you that, in my view, I hope it's over. Yes. I think Iran wants to meet. I think they want to make peace, and I'm…
  3. …chance without the sanctions. And one of the things we have with Iran is—you know, we have very—we—they call them "biting"—they…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the Hague, Netherlands

Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …won't. I think we'll end up having somewhat of a relationship with Iran. I see it. Look, I've had a relationship over the last 4…
  2. …I think it was a—just a tremendous victory for everybody, including Iran. Look, you know, they've got a country, and they've got oil, and…
  3. …have something to say? That's right. It's wiped out. They went down—— Iran went down to the site afterwards. They said, "It's so devastated." And…

Remarks in a Roundtable Meeting With Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …they're doing so well. And you probably read today the story about Iran has sort of agreed to the terms. They're not going to make…
  2. …nuclear dust." We're not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran. And we've been strong. I want them to succeed. I want them…
  3. …So we'll see what happens. But we're in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace. And if we do that, it will be…

Remarks at a Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 14, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …administration created havoc and bedlam by basically being incompetent, but by empowering Iran and its proxies, sending them billions of dollars—billions and billions of…
  2. …aggression that threatens us all. I want to make a deal with Iran. I want to do something, if it's possible, but for that to…
  3. …in fully and totally enforcing the sanctions that I just placed on Iran, and we also placed secondary sanctions, which are in certain ways even…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …I'm not in a rush to do it, because I think that Iran has a chance to have a great country and to live happily…
  2. …there's a second option, I think it would be very bad for Iran. And I think Iran is wanting to talk. I hope they're wanting…
  3. …very good for them if they do. And I'd like to see Iran be—thrive in the future, do fantastically well. I know the Iranian…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …with Russia-Ukraine. You wouldn't have had the Middle East problem, because Iran was broke. They had no money because we had secondary sanctions on…
  2. …of other sanctions. And now, every single thing. Got a problem with Iran, but I'll solve that problem. That's almost an easy one. We got…
  3. …Behind you. Yes. Well, they have to solve their problem very quickly. Iran wants to deal with us, but they don't know how. They really…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …we had great discussions today, I think, on the obvious subject of Iran and also the less obvious subject, with respect to Israel, and that's…
  2. …the—— Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. We're having direct talks with Iran, and they've started. It will go on Saturday. We have a very…
  3. …those talks will be successful. And I think it would be in Iran's best interest if they are successful. And we hope that's going to…