US President Donald Trump says the US will “leave” Iran in “two to three weeks” when they are certain the regime cannot build a nuclear weapon “for years” according to BBC.
He says while Iran is “begging to make a deal”, whether it happens is “irrelevant” to America’s timetable. His latest comments delivered in the Oval Office come ahead of a national address on Iran Trump is scheduled to make on Wednesday night Washington local time.
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has said his country has the “necessary will” to end the war with the United States and Israel as long as certain conditions are met.
Meanwhile, the head of Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, Ebrahim Azizi, says in an X post addressing Donald Trump, “the Strait of Hormuz will certainly reopen, but not for you”, in reference to Iran’s blocking of the key shipping lane that has caused global energy prices to soar.
Israel and Iran have continued to trade strikes overnight, with injuries reported following a strike outside Tel Aviv, and a tanker was hit by two projectiles off the coast of Qatar, and a man has been killed in the UAE as Gulf States continue to confront strikes.
In the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold a media conference on the war, including how the government is responding to rising costs.