'Devastating blow'... Trump threatens Iran with potential military action - Sarmad
President Trump threatened a military strike against Iran, while Netanyahu pressured for a direct attack following the elections.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Washington may be forced to launch a devastating strike on Tehran.
Trump added, speaking to supporters at an election rally in Iowa ahead of the midterm elections, that the United States is outperforming Iran and can end the confrontation with it at any time it chooses.
He noted that his country is trying to deal with Iran with a degree of leniency, but that it might decide to end the confrontation with it soon.
US and Israeli sources had previously detailed a phone call held yesterday between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which covered developments in negotiations with Iran and the timing of a potential return to military operations.
According to the sources, Netanyahu is pressing for a military strike against Iran immediately after the midterm elections scheduled for Tuesday, while Trump prefers to give the diplomatic track an additional chance, a stance that has raised concerns on the Israeli side, according to Axios.
The Israeli source described the call as “harsh,” while the US source described it as “direct.”
Earlier on Saturday, the US president said that the United States had destroyed a large part of Iran’s military capabilities, but that it still had to “deal with” one or two targets, including a site suspected of being a nuclear facility known as “Mount Fars.”
Trump told reporters at his residence in Florida: “We have eliminated their nuclear capabilities. We still have one or two sites to deal with, but we can accomplish that within 10 minutes,” confirming that Mount Fars is located in Isfahan province, about 200 kilometers south of Tehran.
