Donald Trump says war with Iran will end "the nice way or the not-so-nice way"

As the US-Israeli conflict with Iran reached its eighth month, Vice President JD Vance sought a substantial cut in Iran’s uranium enrichment as part of an agreement to halt the war, a stance analysts said could signal Washington relaxing its earlier insistence that Tehran forgo all enrichment. Secretary of State Marco Rubio maintained that Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon. Iranian officials responded differently: President Masoud Pezeshkian dismissed talks as pointless and accused Washington of trying to topple his government, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said equitable negotiations could end the conflict. Iran had offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart negotiations, an idea President Donald Trump rejected. Trump warned the war would conclude either cooperatively or under pressure. According to one expert, sanctions, frozen assets, the naval blockade, and regional fighting remain major obstacles.