新闻秘书办公室华盛顿哥伦比亚特区（Washington, D.C.）2020年1月8日
只要我仍然任职美国总统，就永远不允许伊朗拥有核武器。
早上好。我很高兴地告诉诸位，美国人民应该感到极大的欣慰和庆幸，因为没有美国人在昨晚伊朗政权发动的袭击中受到伤害。我方人员无一伤亡，我们所有的士兵都安全无虞，仅我们的军事基地遭到最低限度的损坏。
我们伟大的美国军队已为应对任何情况做好了准备。现在伊朗方面似乎没有什么声息。这对所有关心事态发展的各方都是好事，对全世界是一个很好的消息。
无论美国还是伊拉克方面都没有人员伤亡，因为事先采取了预防措施，疏散了军队，也因为有一个成效卓著的早期预警系统。我向美国男女将士非凡的能力和勇气致敬。
对于伊朗历来在中东（Middle East）和其他地区采取毁灭性和破坏稳定的行为，各国的容忍已经为时过久，确切地说可追溯至1979年。这样的日子已经结束。伊朗始终是支持恐怖主义的首恶分子，他们觊觎核武器的野心对文明世界构成了威胁。我们绝不允许这样的事发生。
上星期，我们采取果断行动，制止了一名残暴的恐怖主义分子威胁美国人的生命。根据我的指令，美国军队消灭了全世界头号恐怖主义分子卡西姆·苏莱曼尼（Qasem Soleimani）。苏莱曼尼作为“圣城旅”（Quds Force）的头目，应为一些罪大恶极的罪行承担个人的责任。
他为真主党（Hezbollah）等恐怖主义军队提供训练，对平民目标发动恐怖主义袭击。他为整个地区血腥的内战煽风点火。他采取残忍的手段造成数千名美军人员的伤亡，其中包括埋设导致受害者伤残的路边炸弹。
苏莱曼尼指挥了最近对美国驻伊拉克人员的袭击，致使4名军人受重伤，一名美方人员被害。他还策划了对美国驻巴格达（Baghdad）使馆的暴力攻击。前几天，他准备对美国的目标实施新的袭击，但是已被我们制止。
苏莱曼尼的双手沾满了美国和伊朗人的鲜血。他早就应该被消灭。我们通过格杀苏莱曼尼向恐怖主义分子发出强有力的信号：你们如果爱惜自己的生命，就不得威胁我国人民的生命。
在我们继续评估应对伊朗侵略的各种方案之际，美国将立即对伊朗政权实施额外的惩罚性经济制裁。这些强有力的制裁将持续实施，直至伊朗改变自己的行为。
仅在最近几个月，伊朗在国际水域扣押船只，无端对沙特阿拉伯发动攻击，还击落了美国2架无人机。
2013年愚蠢的伊朗核协议签署后，伊朗的敌对行为甚嚣尘上。他们得到了1,500亿美元资金，更不用说还有18亿美元的现金。他们不对美国说声“谢谢”，反而叫嚣“打到美国”。实际上他们在协议签署的当天就在叫嚣“打到美国”。
随后，伊朗大肆制造恐怖，利用从协议中获取的钱款作为资金，并在也门、叙利亚、黎巴嫩、阿富汗和伊拉克造成深重的苦难。昨夜针对我们和我们的盟友发射的导弹是用上届政府使之得以获取的款项支付的。该政权还大大加紧了对他们自己国家的钳制，甚至最近在全伊朗各地发生的多次抗议活动中杀害了1,500人。
存在严重缺陷的《联合全面行动计划》（JCPOA）反正不久就要到期了，给伊朗提供了一条核突破的清晰、快速的途径。伊朗必须摒弃其核野心并停止其对恐怖主义的支持。现在是英国、德国、法国、俄罗斯和中国认清这一现实的时候了。
他们现在必须摆脱伊朗问题协议——或称《联合全面行动计划》——的残余，而且我们都必须共同努力，争取同伊朗达成一项使全世界变得更加安全、更加和平的协议。我们还必须达成一项能让伊朗繁荣发展的协议，并发挥其巨大的尚未开发的潜力。伊朗可以成为一个了不起的国家。
伊朗如若继续煽动暴力、动荡、仇恨和战争，和平与稳定就不可能在中东地区全面实现。文明世界必须向伊朗政权发出一个明确、一致的讯息：你们制造恐怖、杀戮和混乱的行径绝不会再得到容忍。它绝不会得逞。
今天，我将请求北约组织（NATO）大大增加参与中东进程。最近3年来，在我的领导下，我们的经济比以往任何时候都更加强劲，而且美国已经实现了能源独立。这些历史性成就改变了我们的战略重点。这些成就是任何人都没有想到可能实现的。而且在中东也可以有选择了。我们现在在世界任何地方都是第一大石油和天然气生产国。我们是独立的，我们不需要中东石油。
在本届政府的领导下，美国军队已经完全得到重建，耗资2.5万亿美元。美国武装力量比以往任何时候都更强大。我们的导弹是大型的、有威力的、准确的、致命的以及快速的。许多高超音速导弹正在建造之中。
我们拥有这种强大的军事和装备这一事实，并不意味着我们一定要使用它。我们不想使用它。美国的实力，包括军事和经济实力，是最佳威慑力。
三个月前，在全面摧毁了“伊斯兰国”组织（ISIS）及其哈里发国地盘之后，我们击毙了“伊斯兰国”组织野蛮的头领巴格达迪（al-Baghdadi），他造成了极其重大的死亡，其中包括大批斩首基督教徒、穆斯林以及所有阻挡他的人。他是一个恶魔。巴格达迪曾再次妄图重建“伊斯兰国”哈里发帝国，但他没有得逞。
在本届政府期间，数万名“伊斯兰国”组织的武装分子被击毙或被俘虏。“伊斯兰国”组织是伊朗的死敌。摧毁“伊斯兰国”组织对伊朗有利，而且我们应该就此以及其他共同要务一起努力。
最后要对伊朗的人民和领导人说：我们希望你们有前途而且有一个美好的前景——一个你们应当拥有的前景，一个在国内实现繁荣而且与世界各国和谐相处的前景。美国准备好与所有寻求和平的人共同迎接和平。
我要感谢你们，上帝保佑美国。非常感谢你们。谢谢你们。谢谢你们。
讲话结束  美国东部标准时间上午11:37

The White HouseOffice of the Press SecretaryFor Immediate ReleaseJanuary 8, 2020
Grand Foyer
11:28 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:  As long as I am President of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.
Good morning.  I’m pleased to inform you: The American people should be extremely grateful and happy no Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime.  We suffered no casualties, all of our soldiers are safe, and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases.
Our great American forces are prepared for anything.  Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world.
No American or Iraqi lives were lost because of the precautions taken, the dispersal of forces, and an early warning system that worked very well.  I salute the incredible skill and courage of America’s men and women in uniform.
For far too long — all the way back to 1979, to be exact — nations have tolerated Iran’s destructive and destabilizing behavior in the Middle East and beyond.  Those days are over.  Iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism, and their pursuit of nuclear weapons threatens the civilized world.  We will never let that happen.
Last week, we took decisive action to stop a ruthless terrorist from threatening American lives.  At my direction, the United States military eliminated the world’s top terrorist, Qasem Soleimani.  As the head of the Quds Force, Soleimani was personally responsible for some of the absolutely worst atrocities.
He trained terrorist armies, including Hezbollah, launching terrorist strikes against civilian targets.  He fueled bloody civil wars all across the region.  He viciously wounded and murdered thousands of U.S. troops, including the planting of roadside bombs that maim and dismember their victims.
Soleimani directed the recent attacks on U.S. personnel in Iraq that badly wounded four service members and killed one American, and he orchestrated the violent assault on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.  In recent days, he was planning new attacks on American targets, but we stopped him.
Soleimani’s hands were drenched in both American and Iranian blood.  He should have been terminated long ago.  By removing Soleimani, we have sent a powerful message to terrorists: If you value your own life, you will not threaten the lives of our people.
As we continue to evaluate options in response to Iranian aggression, the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime.  These powerful sanctions will remain until Iran changes its behavior.
In recent months alone, Iran has seized ships in international waters, fired an unprovoked strike on Saudi Arabia, and shot down two U.S. drones.
Iran’s hostilities substantially increased after the foolish Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013, and they were given $150 billion, not to mention $1.8 billion in cash.  Instead of saying “thank you” to the United States, they chanted “death to America.”  In fact, they chanted “death to America” the day the agreement was signed.
Then, Iran went on a terror spree, funded by the money from the deal, and created hell in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  The missiles fired last night at us and our allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration.  The regime also greatly tightened the reins on their own country, even recently killing 1,500 people at the many protests that are taking place all throughout Iran.
The very defective JCPOA expires shortly anyway, and gives Iran a clear and quick path to nuclear breakout.  Iran must abandon its nuclear ambitions and end its support for terrorism.  The time has come for the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China to recognize this reality.
They must now break away from the remnants of the Iran deal -– or JCPOA –- and we must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place.  We must also make a deal that allows Iran to thrive and prosper, and take advantage of its enormous untapped potential.  Iran can be a great country.
Peace and stability cannot prevail in the Middle East as long as Iran continues to foment violence, unrest, hatred, and war.  The civilized world must send a clear and unified message to the Iranian regime: Your campaign of terror, murder, mayhem will not be tolerated any longer.  It will not be allowed to go forward.
Today, I am going to ask NATO to become much more involved in the Middle East process.  Over the last three years, under my leadership, our economy is stronger than ever before and America has achieved energy independence.  These historic accompliments [accomplishments] changed our strategic priorities.  These are accomplishments that nobody thought were possible.  And options in the Middle East became available.  We are now the number-one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world.  We are independent, and we do not need Middle East oil.
The American military has been completely rebuilt under my administration, at a cost of $2.5 trillion.  U.S. Armed Forces are stronger than ever before.  Our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal, and fast.  Under construction are many hypersonic missiles.
The fact that we have this great military and equipment, however, does not mean we have to use it.  We do not want to use it.  American strength, both military and economic, is the best deterrent.
Three months ago, after destroying 100 percent of ISIS and its territorial caliphate, we killed the savage leader of ISIS, al-Baghdadi, who was responsible for so much death, including the mass beheadings of Christians, Muslims, and all who stood in his way.  He was a monster.  Al-Baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the ISIS caliphate, and failed.
Tens of thousands of ISIS fighters have been killed or captured during my administration.  ISIS is a natural enemy of Iran.  The destruction of ISIS is good for Iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities.
Finally, to the people and leaders of Iran: We want you to have a future and a great future — one that you deserve, one of prosperity at home, and harmony with the nations of the world.  The United States is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it.
I want to thank you, and God bless America.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.
END
11:37 A.M. EST