US President Donald Trump Says Military Action Against Iran Appears Unnecessary

Further strikes on Iran would not be needed, US President Donald Trump said, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday, although the US remains “locked and loaded,”. He also pointed to "positive momentum" towards bringing the Iran war to an end.

Trump described Iran’s military position by saying: “Iran, militarily, is effectively over,”. He added: “We’re just keeping it the status quo, and we’re doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbors,”.

After Republicans’ midterm election defeat highlighted the conflict’s deep unpopularity, Trump’s comments signalled that he is winding it down.

According to the US President, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and other countries favour maintaining the status quo, the US naval blockade and the new Iron Gate land effort.

Washington was meanwhile urged to stop issuing false reports about negotiations by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary, Mohsen Rezaei. He said the US government had suffered serious damage from the war and that Washington should now accept the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly outlined.

A fresh proposal from Qatar and Pakistan seeks to restart diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran, according to sources cited by Al Hadath. It would permit Iran to enrich uranium on its own soil up to 3.67%, a ceiling Tehran has reportedly agreed to. Under the potential agreement, the United States has also offered to release between $6 billion and $9 billion in frozen Iranian assets in return for a deal.