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US President Donald Trump sparked panic in Iran Monday night with an impromptu evacuation call for the entire city of Tehran, citing what he said was the country’s rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development, as the conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic appeared poised for further escalation.
“Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social media platform, without elaborating on the reason that Iran’s capital city of 10 million people needed to be evacuated.
Shortly after the post went live, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump would be departing early from the G7 leaders summit in Canada in order to huddle with his advisers at the White House regarding the Israel-Iran conflict, as it wrapped up its fifth day.
The developments apparently led to a report on the pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 network claiming that the US had decided to join Israel in the conflict against Iran, but administration spokespeople quickly downplayed that possibility.
“American forces are maintaining their defensive posture, and that has not changed. We will defend American interests,” White House deputy communications director Alex Pfeiffer tweeted.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump’s early departure from the G7 was positive, given the immediate objective was to get Israel and Iran to agree to a ceasefire that the US had proposed. “There is an offer that has been made, especially to have a ceasefire and to initiate broader discussions. And I think this is a very good thing,” Macron told reporters. “So now we need to see what the stakeholders will do.”
But Trump denied he had left to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, blaming Macron for the misconception.
“Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
The president did not say what he was in fact working on, but teased that it was “much bigger than that.”
“Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong,” Trump wrote. “Stay Tuned.”
G7 leaders issued a joint statement calling for “de-escalation” on Iran, while stressing Israel had the right to defend itself in the escalating Middle East crisis.
“We affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself,” the statement said. “We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”
“We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza,” the statement added.
Trump previously reportedly told US Vice President JD Vance and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to reach out to Iranian officials for a meeting this week amid escalating fighting between Tehran and Jerusalem
