Trump says Iran ‘wants a deal’ and that he has set a deadline for a response, but keeps it a mystery: ‘Only they know’

Trump pressures Iran for an agreement and Tehran returns the threat The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this Friday (30) that Iran wants an agreement and that a deadline has been set by him for Tehran to give its response. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp What could happen if the US attacks Iran? 7 possible scenarios Asked by journalists at the White House about the escalation of tensions in recent days with the Iranian government, Trump said: “I can say this: they want to reach an agreement. I set a deadline, but only they know for sure what it is.” Donald Trump in the Oval Office REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Asked by a journalist from the AFP news agency if he intended to repeat what he did in Venezuela, where the United States captured leader Nicolás Maduro and seized the oil, he refused to talk about his military plans: “I don’t want to talk about anything that has to do with my military plans. But we have an extremely powerful fleet in that region, even larger than in Venezuela.” Iran says it is open to dialogue, but talks about retaliating in the event of an attack “Iran welcomes dialogue and does not seek war”: the statement in a milder tone, after days of exchanging barbs between the Iranian government and the United States, came from the country’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, this Friday. According to Iranian state media, Pezeshkian spoke with the president of the United Arab Emirates about the threats being made by Donald Trump and said he does not want a conflict. However, he stated that, if Iran is attacked, “it will respond immediately and decisively to any aggression.” The President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian IRIB/via Reuters TV/Disclosure via REUTERS Also this Friday, on a trip to Turkey, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, stated that he is prepared for negotiations with the US on the nuclear agreement desired by Trump, but considered that the talks need to be “fair and equitable”. He said that, so far, there is no planning between the two countries for a meeting in which a possible agreement could be discussed, and that the Iranian government will not give up on maintaining and expanding its defense capabilities. “Tehran is prepared for both scenarios: war or diplomacy. I hope the US acts with common sense and logic,” he declared. The Defense capabilities cited by Araqchi are directly linked to the Iranian nuclear program. Washington accuses Tehran of developing a nuclear weapon, but the Ayatollah guarantees that the technology is only used for the country’s protection. Iran did not allow the UN agency that handles the issue to inspect its plants. Iran is a theocratic republic, which combines religious principles with those of the government, so, despite having a president, the Ayatollah is the supreme leader of Iran. Currently, the position is held by Ali Khamenei. On Wednesday (28), when the conflict between the country and the USA escalated after a post by American President Donald Trump, boasting about the “huge armada” that is on its way to the Middle East following his order. A senior Iranian government official, senior advisor to Khamenei Ali Shamkhani, had already assured then that any US attack would be considered the start of a war. “A limited attack is an illusion. Any US military action, from any source and at any level, will be considered the start of a war, and its response will be immediate, comprehensive and unprecedented, targeting the aggressor, the heart of Tel Aviv and all of the aggressor’s supporters,” he declared. Before him, other Tehran representatives had already spoken. The official profile of Iran’s mission to the UN said the country is ready for dialogue, but will not stop defending itself: “Iran is ready for dialogue based on mutual respect and common interests, but if pressured, it will defend itself and respond like never before.” Ali Khamenei and Donald Trump Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran via AP; AP Photo/Evan Vucci USA He said that a new attack on the country would be “much worse” and that “time is running out”: “We hope that Iran will come to the negotiating table as soon as possible and reach a fair and equitable agreement – without nuclear weapons – an agreement that is good for all parties. Time is running out, it is really essential! As I told Iran once, make a deal! They didn’t and there was “Operation Midnight Hammer”, a great destruction of Iran. The next attack It will be much worse! Don’t let this happen again.” At the beginning of the month, Trump had already made threats against Iran due to the large number of deaths caused by the government’s repression of protests taking place in the country. He went so far as to say that help was “on the way”, but tensions eased after Iranian authorities dropped planned executions of arrested protesters. According to activists, Iran’s bloody crackdown on protests across the country has killed at least 6,159 people to date. According to a report in The New York Times, Trump is considering a wide range of military options to use against Iran and weaken the Khamenei regime, but has not yet made a decision. The current set of options would include bombings and even the possibility of American forces carrying out covert special operations at locations inside Iran. In recent days, Trump has also been weighing whether regime change would be a viable option, the report said. READ ALSO: Protests or nuclear agreement? Trump is silent about demonstrations in new threat of attack on Iran Trump considers attacking Iranian leaders to encourage protesters to overthrow the regime, says agency Iran On the social network X, senior Iranian security official Ali Larijani said that the country plans to designate the Armed Forces of EU countries on its blacklist as “terrorists”. “The European Union certainly knows that, according to the resolution of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the armies of the countries that participated in the recent EU resolution against the Revolutionary Guards are considered terrorists. Therefore, the consequences will fall on the European countries that took such action,” he wrote. Amid these tensions, the Revolutionary Guard announced this Thursday that it will carry out exercises with live ammunition in the Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil export route in the world and a strategic point for the largest oil producers in the Gulf, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. VIDEOS: most watched on g1

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