Iran war
Trump: New attacks in Iran unlikely during talks
Updated on November 8, 2026 – 7:58 p.mReading time: 1 min.
In recent weeks there has been speculation that Donald Trump could order new attacks in Iran after the US congressional election. The president now says he doesn’t believe this will be necessary.
president Donald Trump has new large-scale US attacks in Iran described as “highly unlikely” as long as there is progress in the negotiations. “It depends on whether or not they sign a very strong agreement,” Trump said in a telephone interview with the news channel CNN with reference to the leadership of Iran. If necessary, he will order further attacks. At the same time, he believes that this will not be necessary because of Iran’s economic problems: “They are going to ruin financially.”
In recent weeks there have been media reports that Trump could order a resumption of large-scale hostilities after the US parliamentary elections. His Republicans had lost the majorities in both chambers of parliament in the congressional elections.
Iran war unpopular in the USA
An important factor in the Democrats’ election victory was the rise in fuel prices as a result of the Iran war. The conflict is also unpopular even among some Republicans who see Trump’s campaign promises broken USA not to allow new wars to enter. Trump said after the election debacle that he did not regret the war because Iran should not have nuclear weapons.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appealed to the US over the weekend in a post on the online platform Telegram to continue looking for a negotiated solution based on an Iranian proposal.
