US President Donald Trump has told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their Monday phone call that he believes there is a chance of reaching a nuclear deal with Iran and he now opposes military action, Axios reported, quoting an Israeli and a US official.
According to the portal, Netanyahu claimed that Tehran must see "a credible military threat." "Trump did not sound convinced by this reasoning," a source said. The publication read that Trump said he wants to see what happens at the next round of talks on June 15 in Muscat.
The US and Iran have held five rounds of nuclear talks since April 12 and are expected to meet again on Sunday for negotiations aimed at reaching a new agreement. The two countries have been at odds over the level of uranium enrichment.
Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, Iran’s Minister of Defense, has called recent Israeli threats against Iran “sheer nonsense,” asserting that the regime lacks the capability to pose a real threat to Iran.
In an interview with Al Mayadeen, Nasirzadeh stated that Iran possesses such power that Israel cannot threaten it. "Any malicious action by the Zionist regime will result in its own destruction.”
He further added that those who are actually capable of threatening Iran do not speak in such a manner. "The statements from Israeli officials are baseless and empty talk.”
Commenting on the same issue, the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, declared that Iran is fully prepared to face any possible scenario. General Salami emphasized Iran’s complete readiness to confront any threat and reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s firm resolve to safeguard national sovereignty and the rights of the Iranian people.
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