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Thursday’s discussions were the first meeting between Trump and his top national security advisers on Iran since the November 3 midterm elections, according to two US officials cited by Axios.
“Now we will make a decision,” Trump said. “Do we want to go further” with strikes to ensure Iran’s nuclear programme is dead and that “it will never happen again? Prime Minister affirmed Iraq’s position calling for respect for the sovereignty of states, non-use of its territories as a launchpad for aggression against neighboring countries,” the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on X. In return, Iran would formally invite the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to send inspectors to nuclear sites that were bombed, based on an agreement reached in Cairo a year ago, regional sources said. Rezaei also said Putin had condemned US and Israeli military strikes against Iran, including attacks on its nuclear facilities.
“Mr. Under the proposal, the US would lift its naval blockade of Iran and release some of the country’s frozen funds on the first day. The Russian president expressed Moscow’s readiness to make every possible effort to help end the war, he added.
US President Donald Trump met with his national security team on Thursday to discuss whether to resume military operations against Iran, saying Washington would soon decide whether to launch further strikes or pursue other options to end the conflict. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said the administration would soon decide whether to escalate military action.