Shortly before US congressional elections | Trump reiterates threat against Iran

US President Donald Trump Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP/dpa Dubuque.  Shortly before the US congressional elections, President Donald Trump reiterated his threat to resume attacks against Iran. "The only reason I'm not done with Iran yet is because I want to be nice," Trump told supporters at a campaign rally in the state of Iowa on Sunday. He wanted to “save all these lives.” "But at some point we'll have to give them a hard blow."

On Saturday, Trump told reporters that diplomatic efforts to find a negotiated solution to end the Iran war were going "well." At the same time, there are still one or two possible attack targets that the USA would have to “take care of,” including a suspected nuclear complex south of Tehran. 

On Sunday, the news portal Axios reported, citing Israeli and US government officials, that Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had discussed possible new attacks on Iran in a telephone conversation. 

The USA and Israel began the Iran war at the end of February with attacks on targets in Iran. Tehran responded with attacks on US targets in the region and on several Gulf states.

After Trump's threats, the Iranian army warned of a prolonged armed conflict. "A possible future war could last longer than the past conflict," said army spokesman Mohammed Akraminia, according to state television on Sunday. The US president would not be able to "dictate the timing or terms of its end," the army spokesman added.  

In Israel, opposition politician Jair Golan strongly warned against a new war with Iran under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu lacks the public's trust to wage such a military conflict, the leader of the left-liberal Democrats wrote on Platform X and called for the rapid formation of an alternative government.

The likelihood of a further confrontation with Iran is increasing, Golan wrote. Israel is now in a situation of recurring military confrontations with Iran. Israel's security must not become a "tool in Netanyahu's fight for his political survival."   Agencies/nd

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