Current Middle East war: Iran threatens retaliation in the Gulf – Trump reacts

According to insiders, Iran has threatened the Gulf states with massive retaliation if the US attacks again. As Reuters learned from several people, Tehran warned these US-allied countries that any new US attack on Iran’s territory would result in retaliation against critical energy infrastructure across the region.

This message was therefore conveyed in the course of a series of high-level diplomatic contacts after US President Donald Trump On July 28, he threatened to attack the Islamic Republic’s energy grid and infrastructure. On August 2, Trump finally announced that he had agreed to cancel the attack on Iran – provided that an agreement could be reached quickly.

The Dutch newspaper “Volkskrant” had previously reported on a list of possible attack targets in the Gulf states that Iranian state media published after July 28. This included the Ghawar oil field in Saudi Arabia, which covers around five percent of global oil needs. Saudi Arabia lobbied Trump to cancel the planned attack on Iran. Iran and Saudi Arabia are strategic rivals in the Gulf region; since the US attacks, Saudi oil exports have fallen by around a third.

US President Donald Trump has again spoken out in favor of an agreement with Iran. “I would rather make a deal because I don’t want to kill people. I don’t want to kill people,” the Republican said in a speech to supporters in Las Vegas. He did not provide any information about the current status of possible discussions. Trump simply said that they were talking. We’ll see what happens.

Iranian President Massoud Peseschkian has described communication with Iran’s new supreme leader, Modshtaba Khamenei, as “very difficult at the moment.” “It is very difficult to communicate with him at the moment, but in any case his presence is a very great source of strength for us to continue,” Peseschkian said on Wednesday. Peseschkian did not say why it was difficult to talk to him.