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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Trump administration officials are reported to

again be meeting in the White House Situation Room amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran in a continued

effort by Israel to get the U.S. directly involved in a conflict there.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office today, Trump says no decision has been made yet on

whether to strike an Iranian nuclear site, though we repeated what he has said previously

about the situation.

I don't want to get involved either,

but I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

I've been saying it for a long time. And I think they were a few weeks away from having one.

And they had a sign a document. I think they wish they signed it now. It was a fair deal.

Trump going on to say in terms of

Israeli military actions, quote, Israel has done a very good job of that, but we'll see what

happens. Iran's supreme leader's rejected calls for unconditional surrender. President Trump,

meanwhile, says Iran wanted a meeting at the White House, though Iran's mission to the UN says that's not true.

Here's NPR's Michelle Kellerman.

President Trump has been calling for Iran's, quote, unconditional surrender and has tried to

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