Iran’s new leadership conveyed this Sunday to both the United States and Oman its willingness to negotiate while an offensive against the regime continues that the American president, Donald Trump, considered that it is progressing faster than anticipated, although he announced that it could last four weeks.
The Omani Foreign Minister, Badr al Busaidi, assured that his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchí, has made him aware of Tehran’s willingness to “any serious effort that contributes to stopping the escalation and restoring stability,” according to the Omani agency ONA.
Trump, in turn, indicated in an interview with the magazine The Atlantic what the Iranians “want to negotiate” and that he has agreed to do so. “They should have done it sooner. They should have done sooner what was very easy to do. They waited too long,” he said of the failed nuclear dialogue.
The Republican leader did not detail when the new talks could begin, but he did point out that some of the leaders with whom he had spoken so far have died in the “Epic Fury” operation, which began jointly on Saturday by the United States and Israel and which in his opinion is “ahead” of what was planned.
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In statements to the British newspaper Daily Mail, Trump announced that they estimate that the offensive “will last more or less four weeks.”
“It’s a big country and no matter how intense the operation is, it will last around four weeks… or even less,” he said.
Trump will return to Washington this Sunday, but so far he has monitored the situation from his private residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida). There he has spoken by telephone with the leaders of Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The latter country, which claims to have intercepted 165 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles and 541 Iranian drones, reported that the Iranian retaliation has caused at least three deaths in its territory and injured 58 people.
A hangar at a French base in Abu Dhabi, adjacent to another Emirati base, suffered “limited” material damage as a result of an Iranian attack, but France has not reported any injuries.
Iran threatens to avenge the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran has promised to avenge the death of Ayatollah Ali Khameneiwho died on Saturday in the military operation, and has assured that it will hit the United States and Israel “with a force they have never experienced before.”
According to its Foreign Minister, Abás Araqchí, the bombings against Tehran have no impact on its ability to continue the war thanks to its decentralized defense system, so, in his opinion, Iran decides when and how to end it.
His words came at the end of a day in which the Iranian capital received at least seven waves and two dozen bombardments that have caused damage and victims that have not been reported.
Among the targets was Iranian state television, which was already attacked in June in a bombing that then resulted in the death of two journalists.
The offensive against the Islamic Republic has destroyed nine of its warshipsaccording to Trump, and the Navy headquarters, among other targets.
In turn, the Revolutionary Guard stated this Sunday that its missiles hit the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, something that was later denied by the United States Army Central Command (Centcom). Washington has acknowledged the death of three US soldiers since the operation began on Saturday.
More than 200 people have died in Iran due to attacks by Israel and the United Statesamong them 148 for a bombing against a primary girls’ school in Minab (southern of the country). Meanwhile, in Israel there are
10 killed by Iranian missile impacts.
Warnings and threats to Iran from Europe
The European Union warned this Sunday that Middle East “has a lot to lose” from a prolonged war and demanded “maximum moderation,” according to the head of its diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, after an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers.
The community bloc has also stressed the importance of not interrupting “critical maritime lanes, such as the Strait of Hormuz“, a strategic route for global maritime transport.
For their part, France, the United Kingdom and Germany, which form the so-called E3 bloc, warned this Sunday that Will consider taking steps to destroy Iran’s ability to launch missiles and dronesto defend their interests and those of their allies in the Middle East, an issue on which they will collaborate with the United States.
“We will take measures to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially allowing necessary and proportionate defensive actions to destroy Iran’s ability to launch missiles and drones at their source,” the three countries said in a joint statement.
Airspace closure
The shipping companies Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) announced this Sunday the temporary suspension of circulation through that area, but tensions in the Middle East They have also caused the closure of airspace in countries in the region.
The call for calm has even come from the Taliban government, which has urged to resolve the crisis through diplomacy and has warned that otherwise there could be “long-term negative consequences” for the entire region.
Among those who have condemned the Iranian attacks against Arab countries are Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. Cuba, on the other hand, has sent its condolences to Iran for the “murder” of Khamenei and considers, according to its president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, that this “execrable act constitutes an unscrupulous violation of all the norms of International Law and human dignity.”
