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President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2026. —Samuel Corum—Getty Images

President Donald Trump said Tehran has agreed not to obtain a nuclear weapon and Iran’s Supreme Leader is involved in the talks to secure a peace deal amid renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities that have spilled over to Gulf nations.

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“They've already agreed they're not going to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump claimed during an interview on Pod Force One that premiered Wednesday morning.

When pressed on the matter, he continued: “Yeah, they’ve agreed to that. I mean, they can change their mind, but that was one of the things they had to agree. They’ve agreed to that. That was the big thing.”

In the interview recorded at the White House late Tuesday, Trump also remarked on Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who hasn’t been seen in public since he succeeded his father and is reported to have sustained injuries in the initial U.S.-Israeli strikes.

“He’s involved. Absolutely. I think they have a lot of respect for him,” Trump said of Khamenei, echoing remarks U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made when testifying in front of Congress on Tuesday.

Trump said he didn’t know about the Supreme Leader’s condition as he hasn’t had the "privilege" of meeting him, but expressed hope that a meeting could happen in the future.

Iran’s nuclear capabilities have been a key stumbling block in stalled negotiations between Washington and Tehran.

Khamenei previously vowed to protect Tehran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities, and Iranian officials have yet to officially announce a willingness to abandon them. 

Esmaeil Baghaei, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said on Monday “no negotiations [have taken place] at this stage on the details of the nuclear issue,” according to Iranian state media.

Aside from the peace deal talks, Trump expressed satisfaction with how the U.S. has conducted its operations during the war.

While he has previously refused to rule out putting U.S. troops on the ground in Iran—a move one former Trump ally warned could start a “political revolution”—he says there is no longer need for that to be an option.

“We don't need boots on the ground now,” claimed the U.S. President during his podcast sit-down. “We wiped out much of their [Iran’s] military with just bombing. We didn’t put anybody in the ground.”

On Tuesday, Trump pushed back at reports that peace talks had stalled between the U.S. and Iran on account of the latter’s condemnation of the Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

He insisted the talks are ongoing despite the renewed exchange of fire and warned Tehran that it was time, “one way or another,” to make a deal.

But fresh hostilities between the U.S. and Iran overnight spilled into Gulf countries, reigniting fears about the stability of the region.

As part of the ongoing U.S. blockade on Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had disabled an oil tanker in the crucial passage that was attempting to sail toward an Iranian port.

“A U.S. aircraft ultimately disabled the vessel by firing a Hellfire missile into the ship’s engine room, preventing the tanker from reaching Iran,” read the update

The U.S. military also said it “conducted self-defense strikes on Qeshm Island in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East.”

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) argued the U.S. were the aggressors. The IRGC said it had struck the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain with missiles and drones, but CENTCOM later reported any and all attacks on U.S. forces had failed.

UAE calls for unified Gulf response as Iranian strikes target Kuwait and Bahrain

An Iranian drone and missile attack damaged a terminal building of Kuwait’s International Airport, resulting in one death and dozens of injuries, local authorities reported Wednesday.

Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry issued its “condemnation and denunciation, in the strongest terms, of the brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks using ballistic missiles and drones" and emphasized “its full and inherent right to take appropriate measures in response to these sinful and repeated Iranian aggressions.”

Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense Colonel Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said the country’s air defenses had intercepted other hostile missile and drone attacks within its airspace. 

The General Command of the Bahrain Defense Force said it had successfully intercepted and destroyed “three missiles and several drones.”

U.S. CENTCOM reported intercepting Iranian ballistic missiles fired at both Kuwait and Bahrain.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has since doubled down on its threats toward the region, according to a statement carried by state media.

The ministry said the “rulers of Kuwait and Bahrain bear direct responsibility for last night's U.S. aggressive actions,” alleging their territory and facilities had been used to aid U.S. military operations. Iran said it reserved the right to self-defense.

Mohsen Rezaee, a top adviser to Khamenei, also warned that Tehran will not allow “America to overreach,” despite the cease-fire that’s currently in place.

“The response to every shot and aggression will be a barrage of missiles and drones history will not turn back, and the aggressor will be swiftly punished,” he vowed.

Amid the renewed instability, the United Arab Emirates urged Gulf nations to present a united front.

“There must be a firm, unified, and cohesive Gulf stance. For no Gulf state should be left to face targeting alone, as the security of the Arab Gulf states is interconnected, their interests are shared, and their fate is one,” said Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president.

The Gulf Cooperation Council also condemned the attacks.

“The ongoing Iranian aggression against the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Kuwait reveals the Iranian regime's determination to pursue rejected hostile policies that undermine the security and stability of the region's countries and threaten regional and international peace,” said Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, the GCC secretary-general.

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun “affirmed his solidarity with Kuwait and Bahrain" and called for the region "to be spared the consequences of these attacks to reduce escalation.”

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