Washington/Dubai/Jerusalem: President Donald Trump has suggested that he can join Israel’s current military campaign against Iran, but did not accumulate confirm any action, leaving the world to the limit.
While Israeli air attacks continued to hit Iranian goals, and panic spread through Tehran, Trump told journalists outside the White House that he had not made a final decision.
“I can do it. I may not do it,” he said. “No one knows what I’m going to do.”
His vague comments fed speculation about whether the United States will increase their participation in spiral conflict in the Middle East.
Offering a ray of negotiation hope, Trump later said that Iranian officials wanted to come to Washington for a meeting and “we can do that.” But he added: “It’s a bit late” for such conversations.
The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Great Britain plan to hold nuclear conversations with their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva, a German diplomatic source told Reuters. The objective of the conversations, which according to the source is taking place in coordination with the United States, is to persuade Iran so that it will firmly guarantee that it will use its nuclear program only for civil purposes.
He Wall Street Journal He said Trump had told older attendees that he approved the attack plans in Iran, but that he was stopped giving the final order to see if they would leave their nuclear program.
When asked if he thought that the Iranian government could fall as a result of the Israeli campaign, Trump said: “Sure, anything could happen.”
Referring to the destruction or dismantling of the Fordow Nuclear Enrichment Center in Iran, Trump said: “We are the only ones who have the ability to do so. But that does not mean that it does, at all.” Military analysts believe that Israel may need US military aid to destroy Fordow, excavated under a mountain near the city of Qom.
The Iranian supreme leader, Ayatolá Ali Khamenei, rejected Trump’s demand on Tuesday for unconditional surrender and the Iranians expelled the roads from the capital, a city of 10 million people, while residents sought sanctuary of intensified Israeli air attacks.
Khamenei, 86, rebuked Trump in a speech recorded on television, his first appearance since Friday.
Americans “should know that any US military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage,” he said.
“The intelligent people who know Iran, the Iranian nation and their history will never talk to this nation in the threatening language because the Iranian nation will not give up.”
In his last bombings, Israel said his Air Force destroyed the headquarters of the Iran Police.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a video posted by his office on Wednesday, said Israel was “progressing step by step” to eliminate the threats raised by the nuclear sites of Iran and the Arsenal of Balistic missiles.
“We control the heavens over Tehran. We are attacking with a tremendous force in the Ayatolás regime. We are hitting the nuclear sites, the missiles, the headquarters, the symbols of the regime,” said Netanyahu. The Prime Minister published a photo that shows Netanyahu calling his cabinet and said he would meet Wednesday night.
He also thanked Trump, “a great friend of the state of Israel”, to stand next to his side in the conflict, saying that the two were in continuous contact.
Trump has deviated from proposing a rapid diplomatic end of war to suggest that the United States could join it. In social media publications on Tuesday, he reflected on killing Khamenei, then demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran!
A source familiar with internal discussions said Trump and his team were considering options that included Israel joining strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.
Iran’s mission against the United Nations made fun of Trump in X positions, describing him as “a Belicon who has been clinging to relevance.”
Israel’s army said that dozens of Israeli aircraft had achieved objectives in Tehran and its surroundings in western Iran in the previous 24 hours in three waves, hitting sites that produced raw materials, components and manufacturing systems for missiles.
Fleeing from Tehran
Arezou, a 31 -year -old Tehran resident, told Reuters on the phone that he had left the city to the nearby tourist city of Lavasan.
“We will stay here while this war continues. My friend’s house in Tehran was attacked and her brother was injured. They are civilians,” he said. “Why are we paying the price for the regime’s decision to pursue a nuclear program?”
In Israel, the sirens sounded again at dusk on Wednesday warning about more incoming Iranian missiles. There were no immediate reports of serious damage, while a motorist was injured by missile debris, said Israeli doctors.
Later, the Army advised civilians who could leave protected areas, indicating that the threat had passed.
At the Ramat train station, east of Tel Aviv, people were lying in mattresses supplied by the city or sitting in the strange camp chair, with plastic water bottles scattered.
“I feel scared, overwhelmed. Especially because I live in a densely populated area that Iran seems to be aiming, and our city has very old buildings, without shelters and safe spaces,” said Tamar Weiss, grabbing his four -month -old daughter.
Iran has reported at least 224 deaths in Israeli attacks, mostly civilians, but has not updated that toll for days.
In Israel, Iranian missile salvings mark the first time in decades of shadows and conflicts of power that a significant number of projectiles fired from Iran has penetrated defenses, killing Israelis in their homes.
Since Friday, Iran has fired around 400 missiles to Israel, about 40 of which have drilled aerial defenses, killing 24 people, all of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities.
Two US officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that an American military flight outside Israel on Wednesday was used to evacuate some embassy staff.
Leverage
Iran has been exploring leverage options, including the veiled threats to reach the world oil market by restricting access to the Gulf through the Hormuz Strait, the most important shipping artery in the world for oil.
Within Iran, the authorities intend to prevent panic and scarcity. It has been allowed to circulate less images of destruction than in the early days of bombing, when state media showed images of explosions, fires and flattened apartments. The prohibition of public filming has been imposed.
The Ministry of Communications said Wednesday that temporary restrictions would be imposed on Internet access to help prevent “the enemy threatening the life and property of citizens.”
Iran’s ability to hit Israel through strikes for militias of beer near Israeli borders has been limited by the devastating blows that Israel has treated Tehran’s regional allies: Hamas and Hezbollah, in conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon since 2023.
