Among the most important foreign policy statements of President Trump’s during his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday night came in discussing his Iran red lines. “We are in negotiations with them. They want to make a deal, but we haven’t heard those secret words: ‘We will never have a nuclear weapon.’” This ‘challenge’ underscores that at this point it may not matter at all what Iran actually says or does, as Washington is on the war path. See the words of Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi issued before Trump’s speech – he laid out precisely this pledge using the “secret words” several hours before the world knew what Trump would say…  2/4 Our fundamental convictions are crystal clear: Iran will under no circumstances ever develop a nuclear weapon; neither will we Iranians ever forgo our right to harness the dividends of peaceful nuclear technology for our people. — Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) February 24, 2026 The top Iranian diplomat had declared that it was “crystal clear” that “Iran will under no circumstances ever develop a nuclear weapon. Araghchi followed with: “We have a historic opportunity to strike an unprecedented agreement that addresses mutual […]