Trump says ‘many calls, meetings’ taking place, urges Iran-Israel deal
The US president has said Iran and Israel will have peace “soon”.
“Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social app.
“We will have peace, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place,” he wrote, without providing any details.
Israel’s attacks on Iran began even as its staunchest ally, the US, was due to engage in a new round of nuclear negotiations with Iran. However, within hours of Israel launching its large-scale assault on Friday, Trump described the attacks as “excellent” and “very successful”.
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Trump says ‘possible’ US ‘could get involved’ in Israel-Iran conflict
We have more comments from Trump – this time from an interview with ABC News. The US president said “it’s possible we could get involved” in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.
Trump added that the US is “not at this moment involved” in the conflict. He also said he would be “open” to Russian President Vladimir Putin being a mediator. “He is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it,” Trump told ABC.
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Iraq decries ‘blatant’ Israeli aggression against Iran
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani spoke with Iranian President Pezeshkian and reaffirmed Iraq’s support for Iran.
Al-Sudani “expressed Iraq’s solidarity, both government and people, with Iran, which is being subjected to blatant Zionist aggression, stressing Iraq’s commitment to its security and stability, as they are linked to the security and stability of the region”, a statement said.
“Iraq is committed to preventing the war from expanding.”
Pezeshkian thanked Iraq for its “declared and clear positions rejecting the behaviour of the Zionist entity and its repeated attacks on countries in the region”, al-Sudani’s office said.
UK calls for de-escalation while reinforcing assets in Middle East
In previous bouts of violent attacks from Israel – and retaliation from Iran – the UK has, along with the US, assisted Israel in shooting down incoming missiles. But it has not happened in this new eruption of attacks so far.
As Prime Minister Keir Starmer left for the G7 summit in Canada, he was asked whether the UK would be helping out Israel this time, but he did not give a “yes” or “no” answer.
He said, “These are operational decisions, and the situation is ongoing and developing. Therefore, I am not going to get into precise details.”
What he did say, though, was that the UK is moving air assets to bolster its existing assets in the Middle East. So, fast jets to the airbases that already have fast jets and refuelling planes to help with what he calls “contingency support” in the region.
The UK says it supports Israel and has concerns about Iran and its nuclear ambitions, but maintains there should be de-escalation as soon as possible.
It is taking steps to prepare for any further escalation, but wants this situation to calm down as soon as possible.
