US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held a phone call.
Globalinfo.az reports that “The Wall Street Journal” published the information.
“A few days before this conversation, Trump met with senior military commanders at the White House and discussed options for resuming large-scale military operations in Iran,” the publication stressed.
Note that, answering journalists’ questions in Palm Beach on Saturday, Trump said that one or two targets in Iran still had to be neutralized.
“We have, I would say, one or two sites left to resolve. But we can do it in 10 minutes. You could probably also take a look at the “Pickaxe Mountain” site, and that has to be resolved too. We can do all of this very quickly,” the US leader stressed.
The “Pickaxe Mountain” site named by Trump is, according to Western intelligence assessments, one of the underground facilities that could be used to store nuclear materials. The United States has not struck this facility so far. Iran denies that nuclear activity is being carried out in that area.
The US president also said that talks with Iran are going well. However, he noted that Tehran is not a reliable partner and expressed doubts about the durability of agreements.
On the other hand, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Trump has not yet made a final decision on new strikes against Iran. According to him, Washington prefers a diplomatic solution but does not set aside its military options either.
According to the information, contacts are also underway, with Qatar’s mediation, to continue negotiations between the US and Iran. Countries in the region are concerned that the US may resume military operations after the midterm elections to be held on November 3.
Thus, Washington’s keeping the military option on the agenda alongside continued diplomatic negotiations raises the prospect of a renewed rise in tension in the region.
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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