{"id":200996,"date":"2026-02-20T07:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-says-iran-has-10-days-to-reach-nuclear-deal-to-avoid-military-action-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:38:04","slug":"trump-says-iran-has-10-days-to-reach-nuclear-deal-to-avoid-military-action-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-says-iran-has-10-days-to-reach-nuclear-deal-to-avoid-military-action-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran has 10 days to reach nuclear deal to avoid military action – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2013 President Donald Trump<\/a> hinted repeatedly Feb. 19 that he would decide within 10 to 15 days whether to take action against Iran beyond the current peace talks.
\u201cWe may have to take it a step further or we may not,\u201d Trump said at the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace. \u201cMaybe we\u2019re going to make a deal. You\u2019re going to be finding out over the next probably 10 days.\u201d
During his flight to Georgia later in the day, Trump said he wouldn\u2019t talk about military plans against Iran but he again laid out his timeline.
“I would think that would be enough time, 10, 15 days, pretty much maximum,\u201d Trump said.
Iran responded to Trump’s comments in a letter Feb. 19 to the United Nations U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that said Trump\u2019s comments signal a \u201creal risk of military aggression.\u201d The letter also said Iran doesn\u2019t seek tension and would not initiate a war but would respond decisively and proportionately if attacked.
“All bases, facilities, and assets of the hostile force in the region would constitute legitimate targets,” said the letter from Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations. “The United States would bear full and direct responsibility for any unpredictable and uncontrolled consequences.”
Russia warned against an \u201cunprecedented escalation of tension\u201d around Iran and urged restraint amid the U.S. military buildup in the region.
Trump\u2019s comments came as he directed a second aircraft-carrier group to the Mediterranean. Officials announced Feb. 13<\/a> the Gerald Ford, the newest and the world’s largest\u00a0carrier,\u00a0would move from the Caribbean to the Middle East, and that it would take at least a week to arrive.
The Ford will join the Abraham Lincoln\u00a0aircraft carrier, several guided-missile destroyers, fighter jets and surveillance\u00a0aircraft\u00a0that have been\u00a0moved to the region in recent weeks.
The State Department has warned Americans to leave Iran<\/a>.
Trump’s threat to use the military carries weight because he ordered the bombing of Iran’s three major nuclear complexes<\/a>\u00a0at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan using\u00a0bunker-busting bombs<\/a> in June 2025. Previous U.S. leaders had negotiated with Iran to prevent it becoming a nuclear power but Trump was the first to bomb the country.
Since then, the United States has sought to have Iran give up its uranium enrichment<\/a>, a process to create fuel for atomic power plants but also to provide material for bombs. The U.S. also wants Iran to give up long-range ballistic missiles, stop supporting groups around the Middle East and stop using force against internal protests.
Iran has refused to discuss issues beyond nuclear matters, particularly limiting its missiles.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Feb. 28 with Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>.
At the Board of Peace<\/a>, which aims to oversee the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the reconstruction of Gaza, Trump said peace throughout the Middle East depends upon Iran remaining without nuclear weapons.
\u201cWe do have some work to do with Iran. They can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon. It\u2019s very simple,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou can\u2019t have peace in the Middle East if they have a nuclear weapon. They can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon and they\u2019ve been told that very strongly.\u201d
Contributing: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2013 President Donald Trump hinted repeatedly Feb. 19 that he would decide within 10 to 15 days whether to take action against Iran beyond the current peace talks.\u201cWe may have to take it a step further or we may not,\u201d Trump said at the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace. \u201cMaybe we\u2019re going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-200996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}