"Trump said on the eve of the hastily arranged White House meeting set to begin at 11am that he was weighing sending a second US armada to the Middle East to pressure Tehran to reach a nuclear deal. But Netanyahu, making his sixth visit to the United States since Trump took office, will also be urging the US leader to take a harder line on Iran's ballistic missile program."
"Tehran, which resumed talks with Washington last week in Oman, warned Monday of destructive influences on diplomacy ahead of the Israeli premier's visit. On Wednesday, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would not yield to excessive demands on its nuclear program, though he said the country is not seeking an atomic weapon. Netanyahu had been expected to come to Washington for a 19 February meeting of Trump's Board of Peace' for Gaza, but reportedly brought forward his visit as the US-Iran talks proceeded."
Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to Washington to press Donald Trump to take a tougher stance in nuclear negotiations with Iran and to push for a harder line on Iran's ballistic missile program. Trump said he was weighing sending a second US armada to the Middle East to pressure Tehran to reach a nuclear deal. Tehran, which resumed talks with Washington in Oman, warned of destructive influences on diplomacy and insisted it would not yield to excessive demands while denying any pursuit of an atomic weapon. Netanyahu moved an originally scheduled 19 February visit forward as US-Iran talks proceeded. Additional US domestic developments include planned meetings and legal inquiries.
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