US says no need for new attacks but calls Iran's peace terms 'absurd'
US says no need for new attacks but calls Iran's peace terms 'absurd' The US is downplaying the chances of a fresh attack against Iran even as it characterises Tehran’s conditions for a political settlement as “absurd”. US President Donald Trump said on Monday after meeting Qatar’s prime minister at the White House that the war was “effectively over” and that there was “momentum” to end the…
The United States has stated that no further attacks against Iran are necessary, while simultaneously dismissing Iran's proposed peace terms as "absurd." Following a meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister at the White House, US President Donald Trump declared that the war was "effectively over" and that there was "momentum" to bring the conflict to an end.
This deescalatory stance has come in the wake of the Republican Party's significant loss in the US midterm elections on November 3, where Democrats campaigned against the war and rising energy costs. However, Iran's interpretation of the ongoing negotiations differs significantly from the US perspective. Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, directly contradicted Trump's characterization of the talks.
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