threats – Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth says the United States is “fully capable” of resuming war against Iran and Donald Trump is uncompromising on Iranian nuclear power
While negotiations between Washington and Tehran are slow to lead to lasting peace, the United States is maintaining strong pressure. They indeed affirmed on Saturday that they had the means to return to war against Iran, after having assured that a peace agreement would only be possible if their “red lines” were respected.
American Defense Minister Pete Hegseth thus affirmed that the United States was “fully capable” of resuming hostilities against Iran “if necessary”. “Our stocks are largely fit for purpose,†he told a defense forum in Singapore.
An extremely precarious ceasefire
Tehran and Washington have been engaged in indirect discussions for weeks. But their outcome is uncertain, particularly after this week’s clashes, the most serious since the truce came into force on April 8.
“Iran must accept that they will never have a nuclear weapon,” Donald Trump wrote on Friday on his Truth Social network, after sources in Washington mentioned the day before a framework agreement providing for a 60-day extension of the ceasefire. He also demanded that Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium be “DESTROYED.”
The United States and Israel, whose attack on Iran on February 28 triggered the war, accuse Tehran of wanting to acquire atomic weapons, which it refutes. Iran, for its part, insists on tackling the nuclear issue (…)
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