Trump Threatens to Escalate Iran Conflict With No Sign of Peace Deal
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Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, from left, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, at the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
Photographer: Will Oliver/EPAUS President Donald Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action as the two sides remain at loggerheads on how to end the almost month-long conflict.
Iran had “better get serious soon, before it is too late,” Trump posted on social media after Tehran rejected his initial 15-point plan through intermediaries. Though he later claimed Iran’s negotiators were “begging to work out a deal,” during a cabinet meeting at the White House.