U.S. President Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iran again.
In response to a question from BBC Nomia Iqbal at a White House press conference, he said he would “no doubt” attack the country if intelligence concluded that Iran could enrich uranium to levels.
Last weekend, the United States was directly involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran, with “Bunker Buster” bomb Before Trump quickly seeks a ceasefire.
In a speech on Thursday, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the strike did not make any significant differencebut on Friday, Trump repeated his claim that the country’s nuclear sites have been “eliminated.”
Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social late Friday, saying he knew “to be precise” that Ayatollah had been in the shelter where he personally blocked the targets of Israel and the U.S. armed forces.
It is understood that the Iranian leader was forced to hide in the two-week war with Israel.
All parties in the conflict claimed victory, and Ayatollah told the Iranians that Israel and Iran had failed to undermine the country’s nuclear program.
However, the country’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi later admitted to “excessive and serious” damage It was conducted on the country’s nuclear site by recent U.S. and Israeli bombings.
Trump responded to Ayatollah’s comments, repeating his assertion that Iran was “eliminated”.
Trump added: “Why is the so-called ‘superior leader’ of the war-torn country of Iran so blatantly and foolishly saying that he won the war with Israel when he knew his words were lies.”
Trump claimed he had been “working to lift sanctions on Iran” but decided to “immediately” all work on sanctions relief after Ayatollah issued his statement of “anger, hatred and disgust”.
Iran has always insisted that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only.
The latest conflict between Israel and Iran began with Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites and military infrastructure, with many nuclear scientists and military commanders killed.
“If it doesn’t stop, Iran can produce nuclear weapons in a very short time,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
CBS News, a U.S. partner at the BBC, reported that the White House has been considering a range of options to lure Iran back to the negotiating table, including promoting funding for civilians, non-joining nuclear programs.
But Iran denies that negotiations will begin again next week at Trump’s NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday.
The Iranian Ministry of Health said 610 people were killed within 12 days of the air strike, while Israeli authorities said 28 people were killed in Israel.
