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Trump says Iran cannot 'in any way, shape or form' have a nuclear weapon

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US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons “in any way, shape or form”.

In a post on social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote: “The number one goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a nuclear weapon.”

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