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Israel-Iran War:

Trump Pressures Iran to Make Peace, Threatening More US Strikes

Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House on June 21.Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg Economics

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By Akayla Gardner, Jennifer A Dlouhy, and Kate Sullivan

June 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM UTC

Updated on

June 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM UTC

Takeaways by Bloomberg AI

US President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation that US strikes had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s three main nuclear facilities, and threatened further military action if Tehran did not make peace with Israel.

“This cannot continue. There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days,” Trump said Saturday night in a three-minute speech from the White House.

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