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US Ambassador to the United Nations Stated That President Trump Stopped Attacks Against Iran in Order to Give More Space
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- An Iranian official speaking to said that Iran would stop its attacks as long as the US paused its attacks.
- It is now possible to follow the agenda on BBC Turkish on WhatsApp.
- A senior Iranian source speaking to the news agency stated that Iran will stop its attacks as long as the US pauses its attacks, but Tehran remains suspicious of the US's intentions.
The US Ambassador to the United Nations stated that President Trump stopped attacks against Iran in order to give more space to diplomacy. An Iranian official speaking to said that Iran would stop its attacks as long as the US paused its attacks. It is now possible to follow the agenda on BBC Turkish on WhatsApp.
A senior Iranian source speaking to the news agency stated that Iran will stop its attacks as long as the US pauses its attacks, but Tehran remains suspicious of the US's intentions. Washington stopped air strikes that lasted 13 consecutive nights on Saturday, July 25. A day later, the source told, "Iran's attitude is 'attack against attack'; if the attacks stop, Iran will also stop its operations. This message has already been conveyed to the USA.
The source also said, "There is more doubt than optimism about stopping the attacks. "The general opinion is that this pause is more tactical than sincere, he added. Waltz told Fox News that Trump gave the talks "some breathing room" and "some leeway.
Waltz görüşmelerin içeriğine dair ayrıntı vermedi; ancak hafta sonu boyunca İran ile ABD arasındaki çatışmalarda duraklama gözlendi. Pentagon, yaklaşık iki hafta süren ve giderek şiddetlenen hava saldırılarının ardından bombardıman operasyonlarını durdurdu; ayrıca hafta sonu boyunca İran'ın komşularına yönelik herhangi bir saldırı haberi de gelmedi. Beyaz Saray İletişim Direktörü Steven Chong da 25 Temmuz Cumartesi günü yaptığı açıklamada, "Başkan Donald Trump, diplomatik bir çözümü tercih ettiğini her fırsatta vurgulamıştır; ancak İran'ın Hürmüz Boğazı'nda veya müttefiklere karşı terör faaliyetlerini sürdürmesi halinde, tüm seçenekler masada kalmaya devam edecektir" dedi.
The United States and Iran agreed to a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding on June 17 to halt military offensives, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and end the war within the next 60 days. However, three weeks after the signing of the agreement, following Iran's attacks on ships in the strait and the air strikes that the United States said were in response, Trump declared that the ceasefire was "over". US Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out attacks on various regions in Iran for 13 nights.
Iran also launched missile and UAV attacks on US bases in the Gulf. Brent oil price exceeded $100 per barrel for the first time since May.. White House officials have not yet made a statement as to why the attacks were stopped. Various international media outlets reported that Donald Trump has refrained from escalating the conflict with Iran "at least for now" after a meeting with his top advisers on Friday, according to a report compiled by BBC Persian.
The New York Times newspaper, citing two officials with knowledge of the meeting, wrote that the danger of decreasing US stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles and other air defense ammunition in the Middle East was one of the main reasons for this decision. "Last Friday, three US soldiers were killed in Jordan when they were hit by an Iranian ballistic missile that bypassed US air defenses responding to a wave of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks, a senior US official told the newspaper."
Source: BBC Türkçe