▲US President Trump. (Image via AP)
Is there a glimmer of a ceasefire in US-Iran tensions? On the 30th, US President Trump stated that serious discussions are underway with Iran’s new regime and that significant progress has been made. However, he warned that if a peace agreement cannot be reached or the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, all Iranian power plants, oil wells, Kharg Island, and desalination plants would be destroyed.
Today (30th), Trump posted on his social media platform TruthSocial, asserting that the US is in serious discussions with a “new and more rational regime” and aims to terminate US military action in Iran as soon as possible.
Yet, Trump cautioned that despite the significant progress in discussions, if a peace agreement cannot be reached in the short term or if the Strait of Hormuz does not open to traffic immediately, “we will bomb and completely destroy all Iranian power plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island, possibly including all desalination plants,” to end the “great stay” of US troops in Iran.
Trump candidly expressed that US forces have deliberately avoided attacking these facilities, stating that this restraint was to retaliate against the 47 years of “terrorist rule” by the previous Iranian regime, during which many American soldiers and others were slaughtered and killed.