Steve Witkoff
A special envoy involved in negotiations with Iran.
Notable Quotes
"Trump is questioning why Iran has not 'capitulated' in the face of Washington's military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal."View Story →
"I don't want to use the word 'frustrated'... because he [Trump] understands he's got plenty of alternatives, but he's curious as to why they haven't... I don't want to use the word 'capitulated', but why they haven't capitulated."View Story →
"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated’, because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t…"View Story →
"I don't want to use the word 'capitulated', but why they haven't capitulated."View Story →
"They're probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material, and that's really dangerous."View Story →
"He's curious as to why they haven't... I don't want to use the word 'capitulated,' but why they haven't capitulated."View Story →
"They've been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear. It's up to 60% (fissile purity)."View Story →
"I don't want to use the word 'frustrated,' because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he's curious as to why they haven't... I don't want to use the word 'capitulated,' but why they haven't capitulated."View Story →
"They've been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear. It's up to 60% (fissile purity)."View Story →
"The president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised."View Story →
"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated,’ because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t... I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated."View Story →
"[Trump is curious] why under this sort of pressure with the amount of naval power that we have over there, why they haven't come to us and said, ‘We profess that we don't want a weapon, so here's what we're prepared to do.’"View Story →
""I don't want to use the word 'capitulated,' but why they haven't capitulated.""View Story →
""They've been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear.""View Story →
"the president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised in the face of a major American military build-up nearby."View Story →
"They're probably a week away from having industrial, industrial-grade bomb-making material, and that's really dangerous."View Story →
"I don't want to use the word 'frustrated,' because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he's curious as to why they haven't capitulated."View Story →
"We are hopeful, Jared (Kushner) and I, that – we've put some proposals on the table to both sides that will bring them together in the next three weeks and maybe even result in a summit between Zelenskyy and President Putin."View Story →
"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated,’ because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t … I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated’, but why they haven’t capitulated."View Story →
"They’ve been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear. It’s up to 60 per cent (fissile purity)."View Story →
"He’s curious as to why they haven’t... I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated."View Story →
"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated’, because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to… why they haven’t capitulated."View Story →
"I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated."View Story →
"They’ve been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear."View Story →
"I don't want to use the word 'capitulated', but why they haven't capitulated."View Story →
"the president has been clear that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons or the capacity to build them, and that they cannot enrich uranium."View Story →
"I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated’, because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to … why they haven’t capitulated."View Story →
"Iran was probably a week away from enriching enough uranium to build a bomb."View Story →
"Yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have not been sharing."View Story →
"That’s a better question for the intel people, but let’s hope that they’re not sharing."View Story →
"Yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have not been sharing."View Story →
"on the call with the President, the Russians said they have not been sharing."View Story →
"The teams discussed a variety of topics and agreed to stay in touch."View Story →
"Over the last two days in Florida, the Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev held productive and constructive meetings with the American delegation to advance [US] President [Donald] Trump’s peace plan on Ukraine."View Story →
"Russia highly values the efforts and support of the United States to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and re-establish global security."View Story →
"Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine."View Story →
"The teams discussed a variety of topics and agreed to stay in touch."View Story →
"I can tell you that yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have not been sharing. That’s what they said. So, we can take them at their word."View Story →
"The meetings... were 'constructive.'"View Story →
"The 60% enriched uranium can be brought to weapons-grade in about a week."View Story →
"They successfully completed a round of discussions that we hope will prove constructive and promising."View Story →
"All of the hostages are home. There is a ceasefire, imperfect as it may be, but it still exists."View Story →
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