Video: Trump links Iran peace talks to mandatory expansion of Abraham Accords, urges great deal or “no deal at all”
United States President Donald Trump
Abdullateef Fowewe
United States President Donald Trump has claimed that ongoing negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran must be tied to a mandatory expansion of the Abraham Accords.
The proposal according to his statement on Monday would require countries across the Middle East and beyond, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, to sign onto the normalization framework.
“Negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran are proceeding nicely! It will only be a Great Deal for all or, no Deal at all – Back to the Battlefront and shooting, but bigger and stronger than ever before — And nobody wants that!” Trump wrote in the statement outlining his demands and recounting recent talks with regional leaders.
Trump framed the Accords’ expansion as essential to creating “a united, powerful, and economically strong Middle East,” arguing that the agreement has delivered a “Financial, Economic, and Social BOOM” for current members and would make a future settlement with Iran “a far more Historic Event” if more countries agreed to join.
“After all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,” he said, naming Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain as the target list.
Trump said he discussed the idea with a number of leaders — including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, Qatar’s Emir Tamim and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Pakistan’s Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa — and proposed that Iran’s accession would be welcomed once the expanded Accords were in place.
“It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit,” he wrote, adding that any country refusing to join should be excluded from the deal because that “shows bad intention.”
The proposal represents a dramatic expansion of a U.S.-backed diplomatic initiative that to date has produced normalisation agreements between Israel and a handful of Arab and Muslim-majority states.
Trump suggested the agreement’s prestige would be unparalleled, saying it would be “a Document respected like no other that has ever been signed, anywhere in the World.”
