Iran fists on the table. The country warned this Wednesday, June 11, that it would target the US military bases in the Middle East in the event of a conflict with the United States, AFP reports. Donald Trump claims to feel “Less confident” to reach an agreement with Tehran to supervise its nuclear program.
If negotiations fail, if “One conflict is imposed on us, the other camp will certainly undergo more losses than us”said Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh. “Their bases are within our reach” And “The United States will have to leave the region”, he added.
The United States has many military bases near the mullahs regime. The most important is located in Qatar, where the siege of the central command of the American army in the Middle East (Centcom) is located.
Consequently, Donald Trump confirmed the displacement of American staff members in the region “Because it could be a dangerous place” in the future. “NWe will see what will happen ”he told journalists. The Republican also reaffirmed that the United States did not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon: “We are not going to allow this”he said.
Voluntary departure from the Iraq Embassy
A few hours earlier, US officials had indicated that the country reduced the staff of their Embassy in Iraq for security reasons. According to the Washington Postthe defense secretary Pete Hegseth would have authorized the “Voluntary departure” Members of the families of soldiers of American facilities across the Middle East.
In addition, Iran and the United States, with knives drawn since the advent of the Islamic Republic in 1979, have held since April five cycles of talks on nuclear under mediation of the Sultanate of Oman. New discussions are scheduled for Sunday, June 15, according to Iran. Donald Trump announced that this meeting would take place this Thursday, June 12, while the Omani mediator did not comment.
“They seem to be procrastinating”, estimated the American leader about Tehran. The Republican has several times threatened to attack Iran militarily in the event of diplomacy failure. “It would be better to do it without war”however, he added this Wednesday.
The two countries are trying to agree on a potential text which would prevent Iran from acquiring the atomic weapon – an ambition that Tehran fiercely defends itself from feeding – in exchange for a lifting of sanctions which paralyze its economy. Discussions are upset in particular on the question of enrichment of uranium. The United States requires that Iran completely renounce it, which Tehran refuses, claiming to have the right under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (TNP) of which it is signatory.
Iran refused the United States proposal
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), Iran is the only state not endowed with nuclear weapons to enrich uranium at a high level (60 %), well beyond the 3.67 % limit set by the multilateral nuclear agreement concluded with Iran in 2015 but of which the United States retired in 2018 during Donald’s first mandate. To make an atomic bomb, the enrichment must be pushed up to 90 %, according to the IAEA.
Iran has received from the United States an agreement to agree which has not convinced Tehran. The American text, which has not been made public, does not mention the lifting of the sanctions, of which Tehran makes a priority, according to the president of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf. Iran said, this Monday, June 9, that it would submit in the coming days its own proposal in the United States, at the time when the AIAA holds this week in Vienna a large quarterly meeting which will notably review the Iranian nuclear activities.
