Trump threatens Iran: either an agreement is reached or there is no agreement

“It's going to be over very soon one way or another: Either they'll do the right thing, or they won't be around anymore,” Trump said, speaking about the situation regarding Iran.

The US President explained that he did not want matters to reach the point where "they would not be present," in an apparent reference to the Iranian leadership. He added: "There is a group of people who want this, because they say that it is not permissible to conclude an agreement with someone who will not abide by it."

Before leaving the White House, Trump told reporters that he had to make a decision, adding that the Iranians would either sign a very fair agreement (in his opinion) or they would no longer exist, according to The Hill newspaper.

During his visit to the Peterbilt factory in Denton, Texas, Trump said that most of Iran's leaders have left, and that Washington does not know who to deal with, indicating that it is trying to deal kindly with the current official. It expects to achieve victory easily immediately after the elections, and perhaps before them, according to Fox News.

In an interview with Time magazine published Thursday, Trump said that he would not accept Iranian proposals that he would not have agreed to a year ago, and did not rule out resuming the bombing after the November 3 midterm elections. Iranian officials announced on Wednesday that they had received an official American response to Tehran's latest proposal to end the conflict, without revealing its content.

Tasnim news agency quoted Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as saying that his country has not evaded the talks and will not evade them, even though the United States has targeted it three times despite signing an agreement.

On the ground, American officials confirmed to Fox News that the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit were being sent to the Middle East, adding about 10,000 sailors and Marines to the region by the end of November.

On February 28, the United States and Israel began launching strikes on sites inside Iran, and Tehran responded with similar strikes. In mid-June, Tehran and Washington signed a memorandum to stop hostilities, but they later returned to exchanging strikes. The dispute remains unresolved to date.