WASHINGTON
\nThe United States and Iran are not currently in talks to end the war as Washington focuses on pressuring Tehran economically, but all options remain \u201con the table,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday.
\n\u201cWhat President Trump\u2019s number one goal has been and will \u200calways be is \u200cto ensure that Iran \u200ccan never obtain a nuclear weapon. Period. And so we\u2019ve had Operation Epic Fury to destroy their military. Now we have Operation Economic Outcast to destroy their economy,\u201d Leavitt told the \u201cFox & Friends\u201d program.
\n\u201cNo negotiations are happening right now, and this will continue until the president \u200cfeels that maybe \u200cthey come to the table in a meaningful \u200cway. We have not seen that \u200cyet,\u201d she said. \u201cHe of course continues to retain all options on the table, and the naval blockade continues to be in effect as \u200cwell.\u201d
\nUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had warned countries on Monday to cut their financial ties with Iran or face secondary sanctions as part of what had been billed as \u201ceconomic D-Day,\u201d but the Treasury Department stopped short of actually imposing penalties.
\nQatar\u2019s prime minister visited Tehran on Thursday in a bid to relaunch diplomacy after the US and Iran traded recriminations over Washington\u2019s promise to increase economic pressure, a move one Iranian official described as \u201call-out economic war.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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