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Turkey Sees Breakthrough on F-35 Purchase at NATO Summit

Iran has declined to confirm any talks with the United States, raising fresh doubts about diplomacy on its nuclear program

U.S. President Donald Trump returns from the 2025 NATO Summit on June 24, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing perform rearming and refueling operations for an F-35 Lightning II during a Distributed Integrated Combat (D-ICT) exercise, June 12, 2025, at Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 24: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'TURKISH PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump meet as part of the NATO Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands on June 24, 2025. (Photo by Turkish Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Overview

  • President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he and President Donald Trump discussed Turkey’s $1.3–1.4 billion in F-35 payments, with Trump appearing supportive of delivery.
  • Turkey was suspended from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in 2019 after acquiring Russia’s S-400 air defense system, which U.S. officials argue undermines stealth security.
  • The Turkish Foreign Ministry has called its removal from the program unfair and maintained that the S-400 poses no threat to F-35 operations.
  • Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tehran will not confirm any upcoming nuclear talks despite President Trump’s public suggestion that they would occur next week.
  • Iran’s parliament fast-tracked a bill to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after its director general requested access to nuclear sites to reassess uranium stockpiles.