‘Better Watch His Mouth’: Trump Warns Pezeshkian As Iran Insists On Uranium Enrichment

Last Updated:June 21, 2026, 22:16 IST

As Pezeshkian defends Irans uranium enrichment, Trump warns him to watch his mouth amid US-Iran talks in Switzerland. Iran later lodges protest against US President's remarks.

Hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian insisted Tehran had the right to enrich uranium, US President warned him against making such statements, urging him to “watch your mouth or we will take over".

Amid talks on a memorandum of understanding to end the war in West Asia, Pezeshkian said in a statement, “What the United States demands is that Iran not build an atomic bomb. This is nothing new, and we can also state in writing that we have no intention of building a bomb."

“However, we will not relinquish our right to enrichment, and the other side will have no choice but to accept this right," he added.

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Trump’s Remarks

Responding to the Iranian President’s remark, Trump told told Fox News, “He better watch his mouth. He better shape up, or we will take over the rest of the country."

He also asserted that he maintains a variety of options if Iran does not make serious commitments towards a final deal. “I have a 60-day option and I can do whatever I want after that option," he said.

The remarks came as US and Iranian negotiators held high-level talks in Switzerland on Sunday, marking their first face-to-face talks in more than ten weeks, with Tehran’s nuclear programme and Israel’s fighting in Lebanon expected to be high on the agenda.

The framework was signed on the night of June 17 at the Palace of Versailles in France. US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the memorandum.

Vice President JD Vance, leading the American delegation, said Washington was willing to “fundamentally transform" its relations with Tehran if the latter was willing to “give up being a driver of regional instability."

Iran’s Response To Trump

Meanwhile, Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned the US against making threats at the Islamic republic, vowing that “our armed forces are ready to respond".

“Don’t they think that if their threats had any effect, they would not have reached today’s state of desperation? We do not take American threats into account," AFP quoted Ghalibaf saying. “They would do better to be careful with their statements; our armed forces are ready to respond to them in a different manner. No matter what they say, we are the ones who act."

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