WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday at the White House.
Shortly before 2 p.m., Trump used social media to announce that their “very good meeting” behind closed doors had ended.
“I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue,” Trump wrote in a statement.
The U.S. has been pushing Iran for a nuclear deal during talks in Oman. In the statement, Trump warned that the last time Iran “decided that they were better off not making a Deal” there were U.S. airstrikes.
“Hopefully this time they will be more reasonable and responsible,” Trump wrote.
Netanyahu’s office also released a statement saying he and Trump had “agreed to continue their close coordination and relationship.”
Netanyahu also met with State Secretary Marco Rubio on Wednesday at the Blair House and with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Tuesday.
Netanyahu announced that he signed Israel’s accession as a member of Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza once Hamas is no longer in control.
Met with U.S. Secretary of State @marcorubio at Blair House in Washington.
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) February 11, 2026
Ahead of my meeting at the White House with President Trump, I signed Israel’s accession as a member of the “Board of Peace.”
We will continue strengthening the unbreakable alliance between Israel and… pic.twitter.com/CJ4Lw92WdX
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to prepare to deploy to the Middle East as the U.S. military readies for a potential attack on Iran if negotiations fail.
UPDATES FROM IRAN
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered an address on Wednesday at Tehran’s Azadi Square as the country marked the 47th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution.
“We are not seeking nuclear weapons,” Pezeshkian said in Farsi, vowing to open sites for “verification.”
The AFP News Agency published a video on Wednesday showing “The Iranian Nation Is Standing Firm” government signs in English, and a painted Israeli flag stained with black steps on the sidewalk in Tehran.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency published photographs of ballistic missiles that were on display during the celebrations.
Aljazeera reported that an advertisement that aired on state media on Wednesday showed Ali Shamkhani, an Iranian naval officer and politician, saying, “The Islamic Republic’s missile capabilities are non-negotiable.”
On Feb. 9, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a statement on X: “National power is tied more to the determination of nations and the steadfastness of people than to missiles.”
After U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s facilities on June 22 at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on June 23 at the Kremlin. Putin denounced the “unprovoked aggression” with “no basis or justification,” but he did not intervene overtly.
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