US President Donald Trump has suggested US forces could strike Iran as early as Sunday, despite previously saying no attack would take place before the US midterm elections. Speaking after voting in Florida on Saturday, Trump also left open the possibility of a negotiated deal, as conflicting accounts emerged from Tehran about talks over the Strait of Hormuz.
His remarks marked a change in tone from October 8, when he said the United States would not attack Iran before the midterm elections on November 3. 259 ships are at the bottom of the sea.
He said there was also a chance of a “nice, big, beautiful agreement” with Iran. The president said Iranian officials wanted an agreement but questioned whether they would honour its terms. “They want to make a deal, but the problem is, will they hold the deal?” he asked. They are only left with record inflation,” he said.
Asked whether Washington was preparing another attack, Trump refused to reveal his plans. “Do you really think I’d tell you that? His latest comments suggested he was no longer ruling out military action during that period. Trump also defended the US military’s conduct in the conflict. “We have done an amazing job. Our Navy and military have done an amazing job. They have knocked out every jet fighter of Iran.
Maybe tomorrow,” he told reporters at a polling station in West Palm Beach.
Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, said Tehran had recently conveyed through Islamabad that it was prepared to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifted its naval blockade of Iranian ports, according to the media reports. The source called the report “a lie and fabrication” and said Iran’s existing seven-day plan had already been passed to Washington through intermediaries. Iranian statements on the possibility of an agreement were less clear. The ambassador accused Trump of refusing the proposal. Pakistan and Qatar had helped broker a temporary agreement in June aimed at reopening the shipping route, ending the blockade and starting talks on a wider settlement, including Iran’s nuclear programme.
