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Energy Secretary Wright on Iran, Its Nuclear Program and Gas Prices on Meet the Press

May 10, 2026 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:11:35

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined Meet the Press on May 10, 2026, according to the Department of Energy video, and was asked first about negotiations between the United States and Iran.

Wright said the United States had not heard a clear resolution from Iran, describing a regime under serious stress with difficult communications and multiple factions, as he put it. Asked whether the U.S. would accept an interim deal that did not address Iran’s nuclear program, he said the endpoint is known: free flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the Iranian nuclear program, whatever the pathway, as he stated it. He said the top priority is ending the nuclear program, saying Iran has nearly 1,000 pounds of 60% enriched uranium — close to weapons-grade, enough, as he stated it, for 10 nuclear bombs — with no peaceful use, as he argued.

On gasoline prices, the host replayed Wright’s March statement on the program that there was a very good chance gasoline would be back under $3 a gallon by the summer travel season. Wright said he could not make predictions about oil or gasoline prices, said the military part of the conflict took about five and a half weeks, in line with the President’s four-to-six-week guidance as he stated it, and that the parties were now in a negotiating period using economic leverage while Iran’s regime clings to its nuclear program, as he described it. He said no military options were off the table, as he stated it.

Why it matters

The interview records the Energy Secretary setting the administration’s Iran endpoint — Hormuz open, nuclear program ended — while declining to renew a gasoline-price prediction as summer approached.

Scoreboard watch

Wright’s March statement, replayed on the program, held there was a very good chance gasoline would be back under $3 a gallon by the summer travel season; on May 10, 2026 he said he could not predict prices. Flagged for the scoreboard editor; no verdict is published from this page.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Joins Meet the Press on CBS - May 10, 2026”, 2026-05-10 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-05-10). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.