March 24, 2025 (EIRNS)—White House special envoy Steve Witkoff told “Fox News Sunday” yesterday that President Donald Trump’s outreach to Iran’s top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a possible new nuclear deal is an effort to avoid military action. “We don’t need to solve everything militarily,” Witkoff told Fox News, reported Reuters. “Our signal to Iran is let’s sit down and see if we can, through dialogue, through diplomacy, get to the right place. If we can, we are prepared to do that. And if we can’t, the alternative is not a great alternative.”
Mike Waltz said the U.S. sought “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program. “Iran has to give up its program in a way that the entire world can see,” Waltz said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation”. “It is time for Iran to walk away completely from its desire to have a nuclear weapon, and they will not and cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapons program. That is its weaponization and its strategic missiles program.”
Speaking about Iran’s nuclear program and echoing some of Trump’s previous threats, Waltz on Sunday warned Iran: “Give it up, or there will be consequences.” He emphasized that the U.S. seeks to dismantle the “full program.” It’s not clear what precisely Waltz meant by “full program” but Iran has not been shown to be in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and will not give up its rights to nuclear power development, which are enshrined in that treaty.
