{"id":151,"date":"2026-05-25T18:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:04:20","slug":"trump-meets-with-national-security-officials-as-he-weighs-next-steps-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"Trump meets with national security officials as he weighs next steps on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>President Donald Trump met with national security officials to discuss next steps on Iran as diplomatic efforts continue but deep differences remain.<\/li>\n<li>Trump canceled weekend plans and will skip his son&#8217;s wedding to stay in Washington during what he called an important period.<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan&#8217;s military chief has been meeting senior Iranian officials in an effort to keep the diplomatic track alive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            President Donald Trump met Friday with top US national security officials as he weighs a path forward on the war with Iran, a person familiar with the meeting said.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=147\">What most people misunderstand about sepsis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The White House session \u2014 which Trump holds routinely \u2014 came as diplomacy grinds ahead in an attempt to secure a deal to end the war. It ended without a decision on what will happen next, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday there \u201cmight be some news a little later today.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cEven as I speak to you now, there\u2019s some work being done,\u201d Rubio said, talking to reporters on a trip to India. \u201cThere is a chance that, whether it\u2019s later today, tomorrow, in a couple days, we may have something to say.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Meanwhile, delegations from Qatar and Pakistan traveled to Tehran in hopes of ending the conflict, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghaei said on Friday, according to Iran\u2019s state news agency IRNA.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pakistan\u2019s Army Chief Asim Munir and Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met late into the night to discuss \u201cpreventing escalation\u201d and ending the conflict, IRNA reported Saturday morning.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Munir met again with Araghchi Saturday, as well as with Iran\u2019s chief negotiator Mohammad Ghalibaf.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            According to Iranian state media accounts, Ghalibaf said Iran \u201cwill not back down from the rights of our nation and country \u2013 especially when dealing with a party that has never shown sincerity and in which no trust exists.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe were in the middle of negotiations when America started the war, and now it says let\u2019s negotiate to end it. We were in a ceasefire that you (Munir) mediated, and America violated the agreement by imposing a naval blockade, and now it wants to lift it!\u201d Ghalibaf added.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf Trump makes the mistake of restarting the war, it will definitely be more crushing and bitter for America than the first day of the war,\u201d Ghalibaf said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Qatar\u2019s Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, told Araghchi on a phone call that Tehran\u2019s use of the Strait of Hormuz as a pressure lever will \u201cyield nothing but a deepening of the current crisis and putting the vital interests of the region\u2019s countries at risk,\u201d according to a Qatari account of the call.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=143\">Bettina Anderson floated a White House wedding to Donald Trump Jr. She got an island ceremony instead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Rubio told reporters that the US wants to see the Strait of Hormuz opened \u201cwithout tolls\u201d and have Iran turn over its enriched uranium stockpiles. He asserted that Iran \u201ccan never have a nuclear weapon.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe president\u2019s preference is always to solve problems such as these through a negotiated diplomatic solution,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re working on right now, but this problem will be solved as the president\u2019s may have been made clear one way or the other.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"File Photo: Iran's HESA Shahed 136 drone is on display at the National Aerospace Park in Tehran, Iran, November 12, 2025. The HESA Shahed 136 is an Iranian-designed one-way attack drone, also called a kamikaze drone or suicide drone, in the form of an autonomous pusher-propelled drone. It is designed and manufactured by the Iranian state-owned company HESA in partnership with Shahed Aviation Industries. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )\" class=\"wp-image-150\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1b843d53f54384596980b52d5f567b92.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>File Photo: Iran&#8217;s HESA Shahed 136 drone is on display at the National Aerospace Park in Tehran, Iran, November 12, 2025. The HESA Shahed 136 is an Iranian-designed one-way attack drone, also called a kamikaze drone or suicide drone, in the form of an autonomous pusher-propelled drone. It is designed and manufactured by the Iranian state-owned company HESA in partnership with Shahed Aviation Industries. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Yuji Yoshikata\/AP\/File<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Iran rebuilding military industrial base faster than expected, already producing drones, according to US intel<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>4  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Trump, who has been frustrated at the pace of talks, has been presented with options for restarting military action. He said he was an hour away from ordering up strikes earlier this week, only to hold back at the request of Gulf nations. On Friday, he scuttled plans to travel to his golf resort in New Jersey for the weekend and confirmed he would not be attending his son\u2019s wedding in the Bahamas \u2014 opting instead to stay in Washington due to what he said were \u201ccircumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social, addressing his expected absence at Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s wedding. Earlier, Trump had said the nuptials were ill-timed, citing, \u201cEverything called Iran and other things.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Officials in the national security meeting Friday included Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, alluded to a Friday Oval Office meeting during commencement remarks at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            How Trump proceeds remains to be seen. Earlier this week, he gave Iran a loose deadline of early next week to return a suitable offer to end the war.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Some officials have projected optimism that talks are proceeding, but so far it\u2019s not clear how any of the sticking points between the two countries \u2014 such as the reopening of the strait or Iran\u2019s plans with its nuclear program \u2014 will be resolved.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=137\">American passenger on hantavirus-hit cruise feels \u2018blindsided\u2019 and \u2018misled\u2019 by new quarantine orders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>CNN\u2019s Laura Sharman contributed to this report.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump met Friday with top US national security officials as he weighs a path forward on the war with Iran, a person familiar with the meeting said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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