U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 22, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (June 22, 2026) “I will do what I have to do” if Iran does not stick to its agreement with Washington.
“If Iran doesn’t live up to their agreement, or if they’re not behaving, I will do what I have to do,” Mr. Trump told reporters. Mr. Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an interim U.S.-Iran deal last week, more than three months after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran and Iran responded with its own attacks on Israel and Gulf states with U.S. bases.
Mr. Trump said on Monday (June 22, 2026) Iran was supposed to use the money being unfrozen to buy food exclusively from the United States. “All that money’s coming back in the form of purchases of food which they desperately need. They have 91 million people, they can’t feed them. So, the money that we lift is going to go to our farmers,” Mr. Trump asserted.
U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed thousands and displaced millions. The Iran war has also shaken markets around the world and raised global oil prices.
Published – June 23, 2026 05:15 am IST
