Trump warns Iran to ‘come to the table and negotiate’ as US ships enter region — what are his demands?

Here are Donald Trump’s demands

• Trump is seeking talks with Iran before launching any full-scale military action against the Khamenei-led regime. In a social media post, he said Tehran must return to the negotiating table to agree to “a fair and equitable deal — NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.” He also warned that any future US strike would be “far worse” than last summer’s attack, when American forces hit three Iranian nuclear sites.

• At the same time, the US has laid out strict preconditions for any meeting with Iranian officials, sources said. These include a permanent halt to uranium enrichment at the core of Iran’s nuclear programme, new restrictions on its ballistic missile programme, and an end to all support for Iranian proxy groups in the region.

• The biggest point of contention, according to sources, is Washington’s demand that Iran accept limits on the range of its ballistic missiles. This is a major concern for Israel, which depleted much of its missile interceptor stockpile while shooting down Iranian ballistic missiles during last June’s 12-day war.

• With US naval forces now positioned in the Middle East, Trump issued a sharp warning to Iran, describing the American armada as “ready, willing, and able” to carry out its mission “with speed and violence, if necessary,” drawing a comparison with past US actions against Venezuela.