Washington: The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said he stopped working in plans to relieve the sanctions to Iran after the critical comments of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatolá Ali Khamenei, emphasizing that he would consider bombarding the country again if he continues to enrich Uranium at dangerous levels.
Trump said the comments were full of anger and hate, and that he immediately finished the efforts to help go to recover raising the sanctions.
Trump responded strongly to Khamenei’s first comments after a 12 -day conflict with Israel, which ended when the United States launched air attacks on Iranian nuclear sites last weekend.
Khamenei declared that Iran had “slapped the United States in the face” by hitting an important American base in Qatar in response to the bombing of the United States. He also said that Iran would never give up.
Trump said he had saved Khamenei’s life. American officials told Reuters on June 15 that Trump had rejected an Israeli plan to kill the supreme leader.
“His country was decimated, his three evil nuclear sites were erased, and knew exactly where he was protected. He would not let Israel or the United States armed forces, with much, the largest and most powerful in the world, end his life,” Trump wrote in a publication on social networks.
“I saved him from a very ugly and ignominious death,” he added.
Trump also revealed that he had been working on a plan to lift Iran sanctions to allow faster recovery, but said he had now dropped the idea.
“They hit me with a statement of anger, hate and disgust, and immediately left all the work in the relief of the sanction, and more,” he said.
Speaking at a white house conference, Trump said he would not rule out any more strikes if Iran’s nuclear activity represented a threat.
“Of course, without a doubt, absolutely,” he replied when asked if he would consider bombing the Iranian nuclear sites again.
Trump also said that he wanted the nuclear inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (OIEA), or another respected body, examined the Iranian nuclear sites bombarded. He maintained the opinion that the sites had been “deleted” and dismissed reports that suggested otherwise.
He expressed his support for the return of the Oiea to the sites.
The agency’s head, Rafael Grossi, said Wednesday to restore inspections was his highest priority, since none had happened since the Israeli bombing began on June 13.
However, Iran’s Parliament approved a move on Wednesday to suspend such inspections. On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi suggested that Tehran could reject any inspection request from the director of the OIEA.
Trump said he doesn’t believe they will still want to develop a nuclear weapon after US and Israeli attacks. He described Iran as “exhausted” and said that Tehran was still interested in discussing a path to follow.
The White House said Thursday that no meeting had been scheduled with an Iranian delegation.
