Just a few weeks after conducting military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities, US President Donald Trump has reiterated his threats to Iran.
Tehran’s statement on Monday came in response to the administration’s decision to continue pursuing nuclear enrichment for civilian purposes in previous months that scuttled when Israel launched a military offensive against Tehran in June.
Trump said that Iran was “sending very bad signals, very nasty signals” while speaking at a press conference in Scotland alongside Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom.
He claimed that they shouldn’t be doing that. Their nuclear potential was completely eliminated. They have the ability to restart. If they do, we’ll remove it as quickly as you can.
He declared, “We will do that gladly, openly and gladly.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi most recently asserted Iran’s right to enrich uranium ahead of talks with the UK, France, and Germany last week.
No breakthroughs were made during the talks, which were the first serious flurry of diplomacy since the US attacks and the subsequent escalation with Israel, according to Iranian officials, who described them as “serious, frank, and detailed.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian added that the country would continue to pursue negotiations despite not giving up on its nuclear program in a statement to Al Jazeera last week.
He continued, “I don’t think the 12-day war with Iran holding us is very optimistic.”
Israeli leaders have also indicated a willingness to launch new attacks against Iran, including those aimed at ousting the country’s leaders.
Israeli Defense Minister Ali Khamenei wanted to communicate with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Katz on Sunday.
According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, “If you continue to threaten Israel, our long arm will reach Tehran once more with even greater power, and this time personally to you.”
According to analysts, any Israeli resumption of attacks on Iran would require US approval utterly.
Trump had anticipated that Iran’s nuclear program would be “obliterated” by the US attacks on June 22.
However, more recent intelligence reports have suggested that the program may have been delayed by a shorter period of time because of the damage’s severity.
Source: Aljazeera
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