File photo: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Referring to the suspected underground facility at Pickaxe Mountain, he said, “We can do that in 10 minutes. The call came amid differences over the approach towards Tehran, with the Israeli prime minister urging immediate military action after the elections, while Trump wants to allow diplomatic efforts to continue for now, Axios reported, citing one Israeli and one US source.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said no agreement had been reached so far and that progress depended on the US responding to questions raised by Tehran. “We are making every effort in this regard and hope that the other side will demonstrate enough rationality to choose diplomacy over other paths,” Araghchi said. He said Iran remained prepared for both defence and diplomacy, depending on the US response.
The White House and the Israeli prime minister’s office declined to comment on the call. At the same time, the US president indicated that Washington still needed to address one or two nuclear sites in Iran. We have that planned. You can look at Pickaxe Mountain. We need to take care of that. We can do that very quickly.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation on Saturday to discuss Washington’s negotiations with Iran and the possibility of resuming military operations, with Netanyahu pressing for fresh strikes after Tuesday’s US midterm elections, according to a report by Axios. Araghchi had also said on Saturday that Iranian negotiators were in Qatar discussing a proposal that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if Washington met several conditions.