EVIAN, France, June 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon under the deal with the Middle East country.

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, holds up a jersey with the number 47 on it as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz look on during a working session at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Photo: AP)

"We have our deal done with Iran. It should be successful. It goes to a second stage, which I think will be easier," Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France.

He dismissed the claim of a 300-billion-U.S. dollar fund to rebuild Iran as a "rumor." The United States is "not investing any money in Iran," he said.

Trump also said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must now be "more responsible with respect to Lebanon."

He said he is not happy with the way Israel has handled itself with Lebanon and with Hezbollah, and that he had suggested Israel let Syria take care of Hezbollah because he thinks "they do a better job of doing it."

The summit kicked off on Monday in Evian, a town on the shores of Lake Geneva in eastern France. The three-day summit will focus on a range of issues, including the Ukraine crisis, Middle East tensions, and the development of artificial intelligence.