Trump says Iran must stop funding and training 'terrorists and militias' immediately

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at Rivlin’s residence in Jerusalem May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Atef Safadi/Pool

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran must immediately stop its financial and military support for "terrorists and militias" and he reiterated that it never be permitted to possess atomic arms.

"Most importantly, the United States and Israel can declare with one voice that Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon - never, ever - and must cease its deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias, and it must cease immediately," Trump said in public remarks at a meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.