Washington 21 January 2026 #2

21 January 2026

President Trump said: “We hope there’s not going to be further [U.S.] action. But, you know, they were shooting people indiscriminately on the streets”. In warning that the U.S. could strike Iran’s nuclear program again, he said: “So we’re going to find out where they are now about what they’re going to do with nuclear. They can’t do the nuclear”. Meanwhile, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven Witkoff said that Iran needed to return to talks, adding: “That has to happen. It’s important. If Iran goes, so the region goes, and so we have to get that straight”. The following day, President Trump said: “Iran does want to talk, and we’ll talk”.