During an interview with MS NOW television, the 67-year-old Democrat pointed out that the nation's president has been portraying the Islamic Republic as a nation very close to building a nuclear bomb, in order to justify the military offensive ordered against it since February 28. "We have a country that isn't going to launch a nuclear weapon at us in six months. This was all an invention of the president to justify his actions while Americans suffer here at home," he stated. Van Hollen then criticized the New York tycoon for the high cost of the war, reflected in the deaths of several members of the US armed forces and billions of dollars spent. "We have lost 13 of our military personnel, there are hundreds wounded, and thousands of civilians dead in the region. And we, the American taxpayers, are paying $2 billion a day while gas prices rise. The war should never have started," he emphasized. Therefore, The Democratic legislator pledged not to support Trump's request to Congress for more money to invest in the war.

While all this is happening, Iranian authorities continue to deny accusations that their country is developing a nuclear weapon and insist on defining their nuclear program as a project for peaceful purposes.

The controversial point is that, for the Washington government, there are only two weeks left to reach a definitive peace. agreement.If resistance is offered, the devastation in cities like Tehran or Isfahan, the Iranian city where a Nuclear Technology Center is located, would very likely resume.