If you’ve been following the back-and-forth over possible US strikes on Iran, here’s some news that might ease your worries, for now. President Donald Trump is choosing to give diplomacy more time, even though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for fresh strikes right after Tuesday’s US midterm elections.
That’s according to Axios, which cited one Israeli and one US official familiar with a phone call between the two leaders on Saturday. For people living in the Gulf, including Kuwait, this matters because Gulf states were recently told to brace for possible Iran strikes, and any delay in military action lowers the immediate risk of a wider conflict near us.
- Trump wants more time for diplomacy with Iran; Netanyahu wants strikes right after the 3 November US midterms.
- Trump said talks are “going fine” and he isn’t “in much of a hurry” to resume military action.
- He still names one or two Iranian nuclear sites as unfinished business, including the suspected underground facility at Pickaxe Mountain.
- Qatar is mediating between Washington and Tehran; Iran says no deal has been reached yet.
What exactly did Trump and Netanyahu say?
The two leaders spoke by phone on Saturday about the state of negotiations with Tehran and whether to restart military operations. An Israeli source called the call “tough”. A US source described it as “direct”. Neither the White House nor the Israeli prime minister’s office would comment.
Netanyahu reportedly wants new strikes on Iran as soon as the midterm elections wrap up on 3 November. Trump, though, is running two tracks at once: he’s open to an agreement that could restart peace talks, while also keeping preparations ready for more military action later, Axios reported.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Trump said negotiations with Iran were “going fine”. He added he wasn’t “in much of a hurry” to strike again. But he was also clear that the US still has one or two Iranian nuclear sites to deal with. He specifically named the suspected underground nuclear site at Pickaxe Mountain. This echoes what we reported after Trump said the US may still strike one or two Iran sites on 1 November, and follows weeks of similar warnings, including Trump signalling more strikes were possible back on 23 October.
Where do the diplomatic efforts stand?
Last week, US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, about restarting negotiations. Rezaei confirmed he received and studied the letter. He called Washington’s changed tone
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