US President Donald Trump has said that reaching a new agreement with Iran will take time, defended his approach to negotiations with Tehran and indicated that the United States has no immediate plans to withdraw troops from the region despite the country's weakened military capabilities.
In an interview, Trump argued that Iran would eventually have to change long-held positions toward the United States, while maintaining that any future agreement would not involve the immediate release of frozen Iranian assets.
Trump says negotiations require patience
Addressing calls for a quick resolution to the conflict, Trump said reaching an agreement with Iran would take time because it requires a significant shift in Tehran's long-standing approach toward the United States.
"Because they're strong. They're proud," Trump said of the Iranians. "There are things they never thought they'd be doing that they're going to have to do. They've got no choice. And it takes a little while. You know, you're talking about 47 years of getting away with whatever they wanted."
Trump argued that decades of hostility between the two countries have made negotiations more complicated and said a lasting agreement cannot be achieved immediately.
