<p>The Trump administration may not be able to secure a nuclear deal with Iran until the Middle Eastern country has a new government, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright.</p>
<p>“There may not be a nuclear agreement,” Wright said on ABC News’s This Week on Sunday morning. “An agreement may await the next administration in Iran. We simply don’t know that.”</p>
<p>Currently, the United States is more focused on dismantling Iran’s nuclear capabilities than negotiating a nuclear deal with Tehran. President Donald Trump has repeatedly advocated for nuclear talks, but the Iranian regime appears reluctant to engage in such discussions while the ongoing conflict persists.</p>
<p>Fighting resumed last week, with tensions escalating in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil transportation that is currently blocked by both warring countries.</p>
<p>Peace talks remain stalled as Trump seeks to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program, which he cited as a reason for initiating Operation Epic Fury. However, the president has claimed that the threat has been neutralized.</p>
<p>“We have had tremendous success. We stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon,” Trump stated on Friday.</p>
<p>“If Iran has nuclear weapons, the Middle East, the world is a wildly different place than it is today,” Wright added.</p>
<p>The military conflict, which Trump has characterized as not a traditional war, recently reached its six-month mark. The renewed fighting has coincided with rising gasoline prices, which continue to impact American consumers.</p>
<p>Labor Day is projected to see the highest national average gas price since the federal holiday in September 2012. As of Sunday, AAA reported the national average at $4.15 per gallon, surpassing the previous record of $3.82 set 14 years ago. Gas prices are significantly higher this year compared to the extended Labor Day weekend in 2025, when the national average was $3.19, as noted by Wright during his interview with ABC News.</p>