Trump and Netanyahu's three-hour meeting and Trump's insistence on continuing talks with the Islamic Republic

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0:01 Hello. It is Wednesday, 22 Bahman 1404, February 11, 2026. The seventh meeting between Mr. Netanyahu and Trump, President of the United States, in the year since he once again became President, lasted three hours and took place today. Mr. Netanyahu's office said in a statement that he stressed Israel's security as the main priority in America's nuclear negotiations with Iran, and that the two sides agreed to coordinate and remain in contact.

0:56 But after this meeting, Mr. Trump explicitly stated that he told Mr. Netanyahu the negotiations must continue and that his preference is to reach an agreement. "No definitive decision was made, except that I insisted the negotiations with Iran must continue to see whether reaching an agreement is possible or not." Mr. Trump also said that if such an agreement is reached, it will be our preferred option. Mr. JD Vance, Mr. Trump's Vice President, who is on

1:50 a trip to Azerbaijan and Armenia, said in response to a PBS reporter that Washington's priority at present is preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, not regime change in that country. If Iranians want to change their regime, that is up to them. At the same time, however, the Wall Street Journal, citing three unnamed sources in the Pentagon, reported that sending a new aircraft carrier to the region is under consideration; it is said to be the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, which is in the Caribbean.

2:48 On the other hand, Mr. Larijani, who had traveled to Oman and Qatar, stated that Iran did not give a letter to America through Oman; rather, it was America that delivered a letter to Iran through Oman, and he said we have received this letter and will review it in Tehran. Mr. Larijani also traveled to Qatar and met with the Emir of Qatar, who had spoken with Mr. Trump by phone before Netanyahu's meeting with Trump. Mr. Larijani also spoke in Doha, Qatar, with Khaled Mashal and the leaders of Hamas, as well as with the spokesman of the Houthis. So we can see that Mr. Trump, out of

3:51 the four options on his table, has in fact chosen the first, the political option, which is negotiating with the Islamic Republic, and of the three military options he has so far chosen none; rather, he has chosen the option of not going to war and negotiating. However, if these negotiations do not produce a result, it is possible that the military options, which range from the easiest to the hardest, will be put on the agenda, and he may move from one to another, especially if the crisis escalates and the war expands — anything is possible. And the political options too may shift from negotiating with this

4:52 regime toward other options. But in any case, we can see that, on the one hand, Mr. Trump's voter base — from this very Mr. JD Vance to others around him, all the way down to ordinary people — a large portion of those who voted for him do not in any way agree with military action by Mr. Trump. And since "all politics is local," meaning all policies ultimately have one end in a country's domestic issues, Mr. Trump for now prefers to be answerable to his own voters.

5:49 And as Mr. Steve Bannon, who was one of Mr. Trump's strategists and is still close to him, put it: our problem is not Iran, our problem is Minneapolis. He was referring to the clashes that America's immigration police, ICE, had with people, in which ultimately two people were killed. Although members of the US Congress, especially Republicans, have so far pressured Mr. Trump on several occasions — in interviews, in public remarks, speeches and interviews — saying that he had made a promise to the people of Iran and has not kept that promise, or people like Mr. Lindsey Graham even say no, Trump is keeping his word, although he

6:49 had previously said something different. But in any case, we can see that Mr. Trump's policy for now is to reach an agreement. On the other hand, it is said that the Islamic Republic, which has embarked on active diplomacy with the countries of the region, is seeking, through the Arab countries of the region as well as through Turkey, to convince America that it is Israel that wants the negotiations to fail and to drag America into war. This is something that the countries of the region have also shown none of them want, and so, through the contacts they constantly have with America,

7:45 especially countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey, which is also a NATO member, they are trying to steer Trump toward the path of negotiation and agreement with Iran. On the other hand, it is heard that regarding the three issues that Mr. Trump again stressed today — that a good agreement includes the nuclear, missile, and proxy forces issues — the Islamic Republic has stated: let us first bring the nuclear issue, the negotiations, to some conclusion, and if that succeeds and produces results, we can move on to the other issues as well. Although publicly, officials such as Mr. Shamkhani or

8:48 Larijani or Araghchi constantly say that the missile issue and such things are not on the table for us at all; we have no negotiations over these. In any case, varied news is coming in, and as Mr. Trump also said, we have to see what happens — that is, whether they reach agreements at the negotiating table or not. So far, in fact, those who had bet on Mr. Trump's horse — that he would go, and likewise Mr. Netanyahu would go, and wage war and bring down the Islamic Republic and, say, take someone away or bring someone in or do something — have so far not placed a winning bet.

9:45 Meanwhile, the Nobel Committee based in Norway, in a statement, spoke about the physical mistreatment, solitary confinement, and denial of medical care inflicted on Narges Mohammadi, said it was deeply shocked by the treatment of this Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and called for Narges Mohammadi's immediate release. Narges Mohammadi, who has tasted years of prison, spoke again on 21 Azar at the memorial ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi, a lawyer defending citizens' rights. She made brief remarks, after which she was arrested, and to this day she is

10:42 detained in solitary confinement. It is said she has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison and two years of internal exile by the court of first instance — a court that Ms. Mohammadi has said many times she does not recognize at all, and she does not appear in any Islamic Republic court. In any case, this speech and Ms. Mohammadi's presence at the mosque in Mashhad put her under pressure from two sides: on one side, she faced verbal attacks and stone-throwing by supporters of the monarchy, and on the other, the government agents who arrested her and have held her to this day. The 22 Bahman ceremonies this year, for which the regime had tried very hard

11:37 to bring out a crowd — it had even brought a number of children and families — to say the people are with me, were, as always, lackluster and lifeless, and its attempt to show popular support in fact hit a wall. And interestingly, both last night the chant "Death to Khamenei" was heard in many places, and today, even at the ceremony itself, this chant was heard, to the point that the sound was even broadcast on television. And interestingly, the person who was chanting these very pro-regime slogans over a mosque loudspeaker also, whether intentionally or by mistake, called out "Death to Khamenei." In hope of victory for Iran and Iranians.