“Trump claimed that, prior to the June 2025 strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, Iran was only two weeks away from acquiring a nuclear weapon.” — Trump. Our verdict: Unverified.

What we found

The evidence

• Background

  The Jerusalem Post article describes Trump's statements about a leak influencing the timing of the June 2025 strike, but does not mention him saying Iran was two weeks away from a nuclear weapon. [1]

• Background

  FactCheck.org records Trump saying Iran would have had a nuclear weapon if the June 2025 strike had not happened, but does not mention a two-week timeline. [2]

• Background

  A WRAL fact-check shows Trump said the Iran war would last four to six weeks, not that Iran was two weeks from a nuclear weapon. [3]

• Background

  A UN report covers Trump's televised address after the June 2025 strikes, in which he described the targeted nuclear sites as totally obliterated, but it does not mention a two-week warning. [4]

• Contradicts the claim

  An IAEA statement reports that Israel began attacks on Iran's nuclear sites a week before 20 June 2025 and describes damage at Natanz and Fordow, but it does not address Trump's two-week claim. [5]

• Background

  An IAEA safeguards report from 31 May 2025 sets out Iran's compliance position but does not mention Trump saying Iran was two weeks from a nuclear weapon. [6]

What we could not confirm

• Whether Trump used the exact phrase 'two weeks away' about Iran's nuclear weapon timeline before the June 2025 strike.
• Whether any unexamined speech, interview or social media post contains the two-week claim.

How we checked

We reviewed the supplied news reports, fact-checks, UN coverage and IAEA statements for any mention of Trump saying Iran was two weeks away from a nuclear weapon. We looked for the exact phrase and for close variations, and we noted what each source did and did not say. We reviewed 7 relevant sources.