“We can destroy Iran immediately, but at the request of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries I am forced to act with more restraint and not to rush.”
Globalinfo.az reports that US President Donald Trump said this in an interview with TV anchor Stephen Smith.
The journalist asked the US leader why Washington has not yet destroyed Iran, given that Trump had previously said he could do so.
The US president replied:
“At the request of the states I am trying to protect, we are stretching the process out somewhat. Saudi Arabia asked me: keep the situation as it is for now.”
He added that the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain also prefer to wait and see.
Earlier, Trump declared that the US no longer needed to reach an agreement with Iran. He stressed that the time when Washington needed such an agreement was long past.
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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