Donald Trump or the art of the unfulfilled ultimatum? The American president indicated this Saturday that Israel and the United States had agreed to suspend planned strikes on Iranian territory, at the request of Tehran and other Gulf countries.
A new turnaround to the credit of the head of the White House, who had threatened to strike Iran “very strong” this Friday July 31 in the Council of Ministers. This Sunday again, he insisted that the United States is “ ready to strike the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of military terror, force and power not seen since World War II “.
“ Despite this, we have just been asked by Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, to suspend any attacks. Based on this request, I agreed… to call off the attack, subject to being able to quickly reach an AGREEMENT. Israel joins me in this commitment “, he indicated. In recent hours, American embassies in Amman (Jordan), Jerusalem (Israel) and Baghdad (Iraq) called on their nationals to “consider leaving” the Middle East.
Intervention by Mohammed Ben Salman
In his message, Donald Trump made any signing of an agreement with Iran conditional on the opening “COMPLETE AND TOTAL OF THE STRAIT OF HOMUZ as well as the end of the Iranian nuclear threat”. This Saturday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salman called the American president to express his concerns about potential strikes on strategic Iranian sites. According to the American media Axios, “MBS” has “urged Donald Trump to de-escalate the situation and refrain from launching strikes.”
This Thursday, Pakistan, mediator country in the conflict, had reports ongoing negotiations between the belligerents regarding a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes and which is blocked by the Revolutionary Guards. Tehran retains control over this strategic corridor thanks to the Pasdaran fleet, despite heavy losses suffered since the start of the conflict on February 28. Despite signing a memorandum of understanding in mid-June, the United States struck Iran in early July. Although weakened logistically and militarily, the mullahs’ regime responded by targeting American military installations in the region.
