Donald Trump said the United States was holding “productive discussions with Islamic Republic of Iran”.
US President Donald Trump said the United States will not attack Iran before the country’s midterm elections on November 3, while indicating that Washington is engaged in talks with Tehran.
“We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to midterm elections to be held in United States on November 3rd,” Trump said. He also said the United States was holding “productive discussions with Islamic Republic of Iran”.
The official said the policy was part of a plan agreed by Iran’s political leadership and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. “This could involve missile and drone attacks on ships, or sending boats to scare ships away,” the diplomat added. “It plans to continue this policy of fear and threats,” he said. Maritime security sources said the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged chemical tanker Acers was hit by multiple projectiles north of Qatar’s Madinat ash Shamal. “The Acers strike raises the prospect of a wider combat area affecting approaches to Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq,” maritime risk intelligence group Pole Star Global’s subsidiary Clearwater Dynamics said in a report on Thursday.
The incident caused minor injuries to members of its crew.