US President Donald Trump has declared Iran to be militarily defeated, stressing that there is positive progress in negotiations to end the conflict in the Middle East.
We’re keeping the situation in its current state. And we are doing this mainly at the request of the neighbouring countries of Iran, Trump said Monday, during a statement to reporters at the White House.
He made it known that the possibility of renewed US attacks on Iran is too small, but warned that the US Army is willing to act if circumstances change.
We are ready and in combat positions, the American president declared.
Iranian officials have repeatedly voiced doubts about Trump’s earlier statements about the possibility of resolving the conflict.
It is not the first time Trump claims that the war with Iran has ended from a military standpoint, but this time the political circumstances are different.
The US president has hinted that he is aiming at reducing tensions with Iran, following the republican’s poor results in the Muslim elections last week. Several senior party figures, including vice president JD Vance, have attributed these results to the war with Iran.
Before the elections, Trump had declared that US forces had carried out what he described as small attacks on an Iranian island on the Strait of Hormuz.
However, in an interview for the TV show “60 Minutes,” broadcast Sunday, he said he currently sees no reason to scale the conflict further.
Asked why I did not officially declare the end of the war, Trump said some of the US allies in the Persian Gulf could still face Iranian attacks.
We have some excellent allies there and we have to make sure they don’t suffer damage, he said.
Trump hinted that American naval blockades to Iranian ports are helping to boost security in the region.
Meanwhile, global oil prices, which had dropped significantly after the US mesmandate elections, marked another decline following US president’s statements.
On Tuesday afternoon, oil in Asia, Brent was traded $91.50 per barrel, marking a drop of more than one percent. While American oil W You dropped 1.2 percent to $8,82 per barrel.
Trump hosted Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani’s Office at the Ovale Office on Monday, with which he discussed the war outcome negotiations.
The American president named the meeting an excellent conversation.
Meanwhile, in a post on the X platform, Qatar’s prime minister said he had conducted positive discussions with Trump and vice president JD Vance for reaching an agreement and establishing peace in the region.
The peace mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran have been developed mainly indirectly, through intermediaries, since the outbreak of war following joint American-American attacks in February.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are among the US allies in the Persian Gulf that have been hit by Iranian attacks during the war. These attacks, as well as threats to other attacks, have caused major disruptions in air transport to the region.
Source Layer: Dukeagini