“An agreement is still possible, I have some ideas but I have not decided.” So, a few hours ago, Donald Trump He returned to talk about the crisis between Israel and Iran. Tehran “He wants to come and see me in the White House”, he insisted responding to the reporters, and then adds: “I have ideas about what to do, but I have not yet made a definitive decision. I like to make the final decision a second before it is necessary, because things change, especially with war”. The American president then mentioned the existence of an American “plan” ready in the event of the fall of the Iranian regime: “We have a plan for everything, but we will see what happens. Maybe – he continued, without specifying what he was referring to – he will end very quickly”.
According to what revealed by the Wall Street Journal, Trump approved the attack plans To the Islamic Republic, but for the moment he did not give the final green light. Based on what emerged, the Tycoon wants to see first if Tehran decides to abandon his nuclear program. On this point he has returned to the statements to the press: “It is 20 years, perhaps more, that I say that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I have been saying it for a long time and I think they have been a few weeks after thepern”. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, too much devastation. And they would use it,” he continued: “I believe they would use it. Others will not use it, but I believe they would do it. It’s so. It’s very simple”.
In the meantime, while the Iranian capital continues to be targeted by Israeli raids, the supreme guide Ali Khamenei It reappeared on television, in a recorded message broadcast by the state TV. A nine -minute speech, pronounced by a secret place that Western sources believe it is an underground bunker outside Tehran, in which the 86 -year -old leader reiterated that Iran “will never give up” And he warned that a possible US military intervention “will cause irreparable damage”.
Behind him, the inevitable portrait of theyatollah Khomeini. In front, a nation that faces the sixth day of bombing, with the center of the affected capital and the internet almost entirely interrupted. According to the International Agency for Atomic Energy, two systems for the production of centrifuges, in Karaj and Tehran herself, would have suffered significant damage. A university linked to the Pasdaran is also affected. While tonight Israel hit the Iranian Arak Iranian reactor.
The Iranian response was not long in coming. According to Israeli sources, Tehran has launched over a thousand drones and 400 ballistic missiles From the beginning of the conflict: at least 20 would have exceeded the defenses, causing victims and damage to urban centers, including Tel Aviv. The Islamic Republic has also claimed the use of hypersonic carriers. The budget of the victims remains temporary: at least 24 deaths and 500 injured in Israel, while the NGO Hrana reports over 580 deaths and 1,300 injured in Iran. During the night Tehran hit an Israeli hospital in the city of Be’er-Sheva, in the south of Israel, as well as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Holon.
Previously Trump, speaking with the press in the White House, had confirmed that he had given “White Carta” to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump also argued that Iranian emissaries would leak the intention of negotiating, however affirmation, firmly denied from the Iranian mission to the UN: “We do not deal with threat, much less with those looking for war”.
In the meantime, the US military presence in the region increases. The aircraft carrier Uss Gerald R. Ford is expected in the next few days to strengthen the naval device already deployed, while unusual movements have been recorded in the NATO base of Aviano. The Israeli media have released satellite images of the American base of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, which show four strategic B-2 bombers. These aircraft would be able to transport the GBU-57 “Bunker Buster” bombs, capable of penetrating underground structures such as that of the Fordow nuclear system. The climate remains tense, and the possibility of a enlargement of the conflict is not excluded.
To record, in the evening, the new intervention of Vladimir Putin. The Russian president said to keep possible to find a “solution” that is good for both Israel and Iran, while it claims that Israeli raids are “consolidating” the support of the people to leadership. “It is a delicate question, and of course we must be very cautious, but in my opinion, overall, it is possible to find a solution”, added the Tsar: “Currently, we can see that in Iran the company is consolidating around the country’s political leaders”. Putin is therefore confident: “There are options to guarantee the interests of Iran in peaceful nuclear energy and to relieve Israel’s concerns. We presented them to our partners” the underlining during a meeting with international press agencies.
As for Europe, the President Emmanuel Macron He has made it known that France will take “an initiative” to “propose a negotiated solution” for the conflict between Israel and Iran. Thus the note of the Eliseo at the end of the meeting of the Defense and Security Council: Macron “stressed that a lasting solution to the nuclear and missile ballistic program can only be achieved through negotiations, he also reiterated the will of France to engage in a dialogue without compromise with Iran on his destabilizing activities in the region”.
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