US President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not yet “capitulated” in the face of Washington’s military build-up in the Middle East, the US president’s special envoy has said.
Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Saturday that Trump was “curious” about Iran’s position after he had warned of a limited military strike if a deal could not be reached on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The US and its European allies suspect Iran of moving towards making a nuclear weapon, which it denies.
Within Iran, anti-government protests were staged at several universities over the weekend – the first rallies on such a scale since January’s deadly crackdown by the authorities, which saw thousands killed.
