Donald Trump, has in a Truth Social post, urged Iran to strike a nuclear deal.
The US President suggested that there are more planned attacks.
“I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come – And they know how to use it.”
Donald Trump
Trump asserted that “certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely,” but they didn’t know what was about to happen. He added, “They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”
“There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end.
“Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All!”
Donald Trump
Later, Trump noted that Iran may have a second chance after claiming he gave Tehran 60 days to make a deal two months ago.
“Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!”
Donald Trump
Israeli Attack Designed To ‘Kill Chances’ Of Striking A Nuclear Deal
According to an Analyst, Israel’s attacks on Iran are designed to derail nuclear talks between the US and Iran.
Ellie Geranmayeh, Deputy Head of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, opined that Israel’s “unprecedented” strikes across Iran were “designed to kill President Trump’s chances of striking a deal to contain the Iranian nuclear programme.”
“While some Israeli officials argue that these attacks aimed to strengthen the US leverage in the diplomatic path, it is clear their timing and large-scale nature was intended to completely derail talks.
“It is highly unlikely that in these conditions, Iran will proceed with the Omani-mediated talks scheduled for Sunday. This official track may now be paused while the military confrontation between Israel and Iran plays itself out.”
Ellie Geranmayeh
Also, she said that there was broad consensus among Iran’s leaders that there must be a proportionate retaliation against Israel.
Geranmayeh noted that Iran is likely to target Israeli military sites directly and possibly critical infrastructure but there was a “real question” about Iran’s ability to counter, given the weakening of its Hezbollah proxy in Lebanon.
She stated that Iran was likely to combine drone strikes with missile attacks, aiming to overwhelm Israeli air defences, and may also look to carry out attacks against US personnel across the Middle East and disrupt the flow of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.
Given the US insistence that Israel acted unilaterally, she said that Iran would be “wary of playing into Netanyahu’s trap of dragging the US into a direct confrontation with Iran.”
Mohammad Eslami, a research fellow at Tehran University, had similar remarks.
“The only thing that the Israeli attack destroyed totally was the diplomatic solution that was under way between the Iranian [diplomats] and the Americans. Right now, there is no decision by the Iranians to come back to the negotiations because … from the Iranian point of view this attack was with the support of the Americans.
“Even if the Americans did not engage directly, it does not mean that they were not supporting [Israel] in the operation.”
Ellie Geranmayeh
He added that the future of any talks will depend on how Israel and the US respond to Iran’s forthcoming counterattack and whether they escalate further.
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