President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons has been permanently halted, praising recent US military operations and predicting that the region is on the verge of a historic era of peace.

Addressing supporters at a rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Trump pointed to the recently announced agreement with Iran as a landmark achievement of his presidency.

“Last week we signed a historic agreement to end the conflict with Iran, fully open the Strait of Hormuz and accomplish what no president has ever been able to accomplish before: Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, that’s done.”

The president also credited the US military with dismantling Iran’s military capabilities, describing the campaign as overwhelmingly successful.

“And thanks to the power and skill of the United States Armed Forces,” he continued, “today Iran has no Navy, no Air Force, no anti-aircraft capacity, no missile launchers, no manufacturing, and their leadership has been obliterated.”

Trump said he believes the developments have fundamentally changed the future of the Middle East and predicted that a long-sought peace is finally within reach.

“And for the first time in 3,000 years, we are finally going to have peace in the Middle East. We’re going to have peace in the Middle East.”

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He also argued that the agreement has already benefited American consumers, pointing to falling energy prices and forecasting further declines at the gas pump.

“Today it hit a new low, and the world is a much safer place. We had to make that little journey to Iran to do what we did. Very soon you’ll be at $2.50 a gallon for gasoline, and even lower than that, just like it was before we took the nuclear weapon away from Iran.”

Trump’s remarks followed comments he made a day earlier in Pennsylvania, where he warned that military action could quickly resume if Tehran failed to honor its commitments or abandoned what he described as a reasonable path forward.

“Iran has been great – IF Iran is reasonable, IF they’re smart. Otherwise, we’ll have to finish the job,” Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania.

He continued by emphasizing that preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons remained the central objective of the agreement.

“As you know, we just achieved a historic peace agreement with Iran to end the conflict… and most importantly, we are ensuring one thing very importantly- because this is why I did it… Iran will NEVER have a nuclear weapon, and they’ve agreed to that.”

Earlier Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reinforced the administration’s position, saying the United States expects Iran to carry out every commitment it made during negotiations in Switzerland.

“We expect them to live up to the commitments they made in Switzerland,” he told reporters. “If they don’t live up to those commitments, the President has a lot of options at his disposal, including, I’m not saying he’s going to do it, I’m saying including reversing these sanctions.”

Rubio stressed that the administration would closely monitor Tehran’s compliance and noted that President Trump has made his expectations unmistakably clear.

“They’ve made very straight-up commitments in Switzerland, and the President has been very clear they need to keep those commitments.”

The secretary of state concluded by saying the United States remains willing to pursue diplomacy, but only if Iran agrees to an agreement that is both meaningful and fully enforceable.

“If we’re going to get a deal, it has to be a real deal, and it has to be a good deal,” he said. “If Iran wants to make a good and real deal, the United States is open to that. If they’re not, then, of course, the President has options.”

{Matzav.com}