US politics, Iran War live: Iran war ‘likely’ to restart, senior Tehran official warns
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The US-Israeli war with Iran is “likely” to restart, a senior Iranian official has predicted after Donald Trump claimed that the US might be “better off” without an agreement.
A “renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely,” said Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a high-level officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran’s leadership, which has been decimated by US strikes, wants to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the US blockade before re-establishing nuclear talks, according to details of its latest counter-proposal, which was presented to intermediaries in Pakistan, The NY Post reports.
But the US president said he was “not satisfied” with the offer.
“Frankly, maybe we’re better off not making a deal at all. Do you want to know the truth? Because we can’t let this thing go on,” Mr Trump said during an event in West Palm Beach, Florida on Friday.
The conflict, which began February 28, had “been going on too long,” he added.
A temporary ceasefire agreement was reached on April 8.
Meanwhile on Saturday, a Yemeni tanker was hijacked as it sailed toward The Gulf of Aden, Yemen’s coast guard said.
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