After weeks of relative calm in the United States’ war with Iran, President Donald Trump has again raised the prospect of an attack, saying it “may be tomorrow”. His remarks come as he focuses on the midterm elections scheduled for 3 November.
After weeks of relative calm in the United States’ war with Iran, President Donald Trump has again raised the prospect of an attack, saying it “may be tomorrow”. His remarks come as he focuses on the midterm elections scheduled for 3 November.
Addressing reporters in Washington on Saturday (local time), he said, "Do you really think I'm going to tell you if I'm going to do it?" and added, “And there's a possibility I will. There's also a possibility we'll have a nice, big, beautiful agreement.”
The possibility of a renewed attack comes after Trump previously stated that he would decide on the further course of action on Iran after the US midterm elections concluded.
He went on to say, "I could have done the B2 bomber thing a year ago and left," and added that the problem with it was that, over the course of a year, a year and a half or two years, Iran would somehow have figured out a way to make a nuclear bomb. He continued, "I have to make it permanent, and that's the only reason I am doing it as long as I am doing."
'We have done an amazing job': Trump
Reiterating how well the US military has done in Iran, the US President said, "We have done an amazing job," and added, "Our Navy has done an incredible job." According to Trump, Iran has no fighter jets left, which he described as an incredible feat by the US military. American troops have knocked out fighter jets and ships across the Islamic Republic, along with radar systems and almost everything else, he claimed.
Trump further claimed that more oil is passing through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war began.
Iran's inflation at 301%: Trump
The US President noted that the only thing Iran has going on right now is inflation, adding that the Islamic Republic is "setting a record". He claimed that, as of Saturday morning, Iran's inflation rate was around 301%. However, a Reuters report published earlier this week said that Iran's annual inflation in September touched 73.6%, according to data from the Statistical Centre of Iran, while the rial has fallen roughly 35% against the dollar since Washington reapplied its naval blockade in July.
Trump says Iran wants to make a deal: Here's what we know
Repeating his assertion that Tehran wants to make a deal with the US, Trump said, "But the problem is, will they hold the deal?" According to media reports, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Washington of disrupting negotiations to end the war, but added that he still believes "we have to go and finish it."
Speaking on state television, Pezeshkian said that Iran’s supreme leader had directed officials to "go and finish it (the deal)," but "these scoundrels broke the rules of the game. We were holding talks, and they disrupted them".
Concluding his remarks to reporters in Washington, Trump said that while Washington has "done a great job," finishing it would depend on whether Tehran wants to sign a deal to end the war.
'We have done an amazing job': Trump
Reiterating how well the US military has done in Iran, the US President said, "We have done an amazing job," and added, "Our Navy has done an incredible job." According to Trump, Iran has no fighter jets left, which he described as an incredible feat by the US military. American troops have knocked out fighter jets and ships across the Islamic Republic, along with radar systems and almost everything else, he claimed.
Trump further claimed that more oil is passing through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war began.
Iran's inflation at 301%: Trump
The US President noted the only thing Iran has going on right now is inflation, adding the Islamic Republic is "setting a record". He claimed that as of Saturday morning, Tehran's inflation was around 301%. However, a Reuters report released earlier this week said that Iran's annual inflation in September touched 73.6%, according to data from the Statistical Centre of Iran, whereas the rial currency has fallen roughly 35% against the dollar since Washington reapplied its naval blockade in July.
This story will be updated with additional details.
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