US President Donald Trump on Monday said negotiations with Iran were “proceeding nicely” but warned that any agreement would be a “Great Deal for all or, no Deal at all,” while pressing several Middle Eastern and regional powers to join the Abraham Accords as part of a broader settlement.
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “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 said he had discussed the issue on Saturday with a series of leaders, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Pakistan’s Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
During those talks, he said he told the leaders that “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.”
Trump listed Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain as the countries he wants to see join, noting the UAE and Bahrain were “already a Member.” He added, “It may be possible that one or two have a reason for not doing so, and that will be accepted, but most should be ready, willing, and able to make this Settlement with Iran a far more Historic Event than it would, otherwise, be.”
The Abraham Accords, brokered by the Trump administration in 2020, normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states. Trump claimed the Accords had been a “Financial, Economic, and Social BOOM” for current members – which he identified as the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and Kazakhstan – “even during this time of Conflict and War.”
He argued that expanding the Accords would “bring true Power, Strength, and Peace to the Middle East for the first time in 5,000 years,” calling a potential deal “a Document respected like no other that has ever been signed, anywhere in the World.”
”It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit. If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention,” Trump wrote.
Trump also suggested that Iran could eventually join the framework. “In speaking to numerous of the Great Leaders mentioned above, they would be honored, as soon as our Document is signed, to have the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the Abraham Accords. Wow, now that would be something special!” he said.
”This will be the most important Deal that any of these Great, but always in Conflict Countries, will ever sign. Nothing in the past, or in the future, will surpass it,” he added. “Therefore, I am mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition.”
Trump also said that he had instructed his representatives “to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords.”
The statement comes as Washington has pursued renewed diplomacy with Tehran over its nuclear program, while also seeking to expand normalization deals between Israel and Arab and Muslim-majority nations. Saudi Arabia has not yet joined the Abraham Accords, though talks on normalization have been reported intermittently since 2020. Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, and Jordan are also not current signatories.
Iran has long opposed the Abraham Accords, viewing them as a move to isolate Tehran and strengthen Israel’s regional ties. There was no immediate response from the countries named in Trump’s post or from Iranian officials.