Trump says he does not need an agreement with Iran, and Britain convicts Iranians of spying

US President Donald Trump said, on Thursday, in a post on the social media platform “Truth” that he does not need an agreement with Iran, according to what Reuters reported.

Trump wrote: “We do not need a deal with Iran. These days are long gone.”

"We got their money, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we got their strait," he added.

Trump indicated his desire for his Vice President, J.D. Vance, to focus his full attention "on any crimes or corruption in American cities run by Democrats."

He said that this effort could save more money than reaching an agreement with Iran, referring to De Vance's recent role in talks to reach a final ceasefire agreement.

J.D. Vance said after the Republicans' defeat in the midterm elections that he questioned the results achieved by the war compared to the cost, and viewed it as the reason for the Republicans' electoral loss.

Two Iranians were convicted of spying on journalists opposed to Iran in Britain

In the context of tension between the West and Iran, two Iranian men were convicted today on charges of spying for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on opposition journalists residing in Britain, according to what Reuters reported.

Reuters reported that Mostafa Sabhound and Farhad Javadi Manish, both in their forties, were convicted of monitoring journalists working for the Iran International channel, which opposes the regime in Iran.

Spehund was also convicted of planning a “violent attack” against one or more of the monitored journalists.

British police said it was the first time that Iranian citizens had been convicted since the secret implementation of a law introduced in 2023 to confront threats emanating from foreign countries. She pointed out that it is an issue that reflects the increasing hostile activities linked to Iran. Reuters quoted Vicky Evans, the senior national counter-terrorism coordinator for the British police, as saying that Sabhound was receiving directions from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard or from intermediaries working for the Iranian intelligence services. Reuters quoted the head of the British Homeland Security Agency (MI5), Ken McCallum, as previously saying that operations linked to Iran led to more than 50 arrests over the past year. Evans said she expects the trend toward similar operations to continue. According to Reuters, Sabhond said that he had received an offer of up to 150,000 pounds ($199,000) to carry out a violent attack against at least one of the targets, including two journalists from Iran International and the CEO of the Lawyers for Israel organization in Britain. He reported that he acted under duress, but was convicted of providing assistance to a foreign intelligence service and planning an attack. Manish was convicted of providing assistance to a foreign intelligence service, but not the second charge of preparing an attack. They are scheduled to be sentenced next month. A third man, Shapur Qaleh Ali Khani Nouri (57 years old), was acquitted of both charges. Reuters reported that this trial is the fourth case in Britain linked to the “Iran International” channel since late 2023. Two Romanian men were imprisoned in July after stabbing a journalist in front of his home in 2024. The agency quoted a spokesman for Volant Media, which owns Iran International, as saying in a statement that the rulings issued on Thursday “do not make the lives of our journalists any safer as long as the Islamic Republic of Iran continues its campaign of death threats and violence against them.”