US President Donald Trump says military action against Iran doesn't seem to be necessary
US President Donald Trump said that further strikes on Iran wouldn’t be necessary, but the US remains “locked and loaded,” Bloomberg reported on Monday. Trump added that there is "positive momentum" towards an end to the Iran war.
“Iran, militarily, is effectively over,” said Trump. “We’re just keeping it the status quo, and we’re doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbors,” he added.
Trump’s remarks indicated that he’s winding down the conflict after Republicans’ midterm election loss underscored its deep unpopularity.
US President stated that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and others prefer the status quo, the US naval blockade, and the new Iron Gate land effort.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary, Mohsen Rezaei, told Washington to stop publishing false reports about negotiations. Rezaei said it was time for Washington to accept the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly set out and that the war had done serious damage to the US government.
According to sources cited by Al Hadath, a new proposal put forward by Qatar and Pakistan would allow Iran to enrich uranium on its soil up to 3.67%, a limit Tehran has reportedly accepted. The proposal aims to revive diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran. As part of the potential agreement, the United States has also offered to unfreeze between $6 billion and $9 billion in Iranian assets in exchange for reaching a deal.
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