Trump ‘repeating the same mistakes’ as Bush: CAIR
The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned Trump’s call for mass displacement in Tehran, warning that the US president may be using accusations of Iran being close to having a nuclear weapon as a pretext to go to war.
“President Trump is repeating the same mistakes of President George W Bush,” CAIR said in a statement. “Just like Iraq did not have and was not pursuing weapons of mass destruction, Iran does not have and was not pursuing a nuclear weapon.”
‘Very premature’ for US to expect deal that leads to Iran surrender
Hamed Mousavi, a professor of political science at Tehran University, says the Iranian side would be interested in talking even indirectly to the US one, but ultimately that depends on what Trump is seeking.
“If the agreement he wants is a kind of surrender by Iran, I don’t think that’s going to happen,” he told Al Jazeera. “However, I think if he wants to negotiate a nuclear deal and that leads to a ceasefire, then I think that’s doable.”
Asked to comment on Trump’s call for a “complete give-up” from the Iranian side, Mousavi replied: “What we’re hearing from Washington looks like a complete surrender by Iran – that’s what Donald Trump seems to want”.
He said he did not believe this would occur “any time soon”, arguing that the Iranian government is “actually quite confident with the way things are going with Israel”.
“They are still able to carry out multiple ballistic missile attacks on Israeli cities, so the balance of power from the perspective of the Iranian government is still not against Iran, and I think it’s very premature for the Trump administration to expect a sort of an agreement that leads to … a surrender of Iran.”
Iran used ‘undetectable’ missile in strike on Israeli intelligence site
Iran’s Defence Ministry says it used a new, undetectable missile in striking an Israeli intelligence facility, claiming the attack penetrated multiple layers of air defences.
“In today’s attack, we deployed missiles that could not be tracked or intercepted,” said Brigadier General Reza Talaei-Nik, the ministry’s spokesperson, according to Iranian state news agency IRNA.
He described the operation as a surprise for Israelis, warning that they will witness more.
Earlier today, Iran said its missile attacks hit a military intelligence centre and a Mossad operations planning centre.
Talaei-Nik added that Israel is not prepared for prolonged conflict.
“The Zionist regime cannot withstand a long war,” he said, adding that Iran’s military has been equipped with advanced systems – some of which “have not yet even been deployed”.
