President Donald Trump Monday said that the “12-day war” between Israel and Iran probably ended with a ceasefire, validating the strategic bet of a devastating American air strike this weekend on Three Iranian nuclear power Sites.
“It was fully agreed and between Israel and Iran that there will be a complete and total ceasefire,” published Trump on social networks, although there was no immediate word from one or the other country on the announcement.
The ceasefire would start with Iran, then joined by Israel 12 hours later, Trump saying that the respective parties “would remain peaceful and respectful”. The progressive ceasefire means that war could end on Wednesday.
“It is a war that could have continued for years and destroyed the whole Middle East, but that is not the case, and will never do it!” Said Trump.
The announcement came after Iran tried to retaliate for the American assault with a Monday missile frix intended for a large American military installation in the nation of the Gulf of Qatar. Trump thanked Iran on social networks separately for giving the United States and the Allies a “notice” of reprisals.
The president expressed the hope that Tehran – with his reprisals for the American bombing of three main Iranian nuclear installations – had “left everything from their” system “” and that the moment would lead to a de -escalation in the War of Israel -Iran, an event which occurred a few hours after the publication.
“I am happy to announce that no American was injured and that practically no damage has been caused,” said Trump on social networks. “I would like to thank Iran for giving us an early notice, which has allowed no life to lose, and no one to be injured. Perhaps Iran can now carry out peace and harmony in the region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same. ”
The Iranian attack on American forces at Qatar Al Udeid air base marked the first act of direct Tehran reprisals against the United States, as Trump ordered strikes on Iranian nuclear installations.
Leon Panetta, who was director of the CIA and defense secretary under former president Barack Obama, said that Iran’s limited response suggests that “their ability to respond was probably very damaged”. He also said that it was a potential signal “They are not interested in degenerating war, whether with Israel or the United States.”
Trump said Iran launched 14 missiles at the base, a sprawling installation that welcomed the headquarters before the central command of the American army and was a major staging field during the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The base is home to some 8,000 American soldiers, compared to around 10,000 at the height of these wars.
The president said that 13 of Iranian missiles “were overturned” by American air defense systems while we were “released” because he was directed in a non -threatening direction. ”
A few hours before Iran’s launch on Monday, the United States Embassy in Qatar issued an alert on its website urging American citizens in the nation rich in energy to “shelter in place until further notice”. The Qatari government has issued an extraordinary order to close its busy airspace.
The attack came while the world markets were trying to determine what awaits us after the United States struck the main Iranian nuclear installations during the weekend with a 30,000 pound dams bombs that jump bunker and tomahawk missiles.
The Iranian parliament has approved Cut the Hormuz StraitA narrow shipping route in the Persian Gulf, around 20% of world oil and gas, passes. It is now up to the National Council for National Security to decide to progress with the idea, which could lead to a peak in the cost of goods and services in the world.
Thus, far, the markets seem to be an answer by a relative measure of calm. Monday afternoon, Oil prices were almost back to the place They were before the start of the fighting over a week ago.
Trump earlier on Monday, called the United States and oil-producing countries to pump more oil and “keep oil prices”.
Many analysts in the energy industry were skeptical about what Iran is moving forward with a complete closure of the strait, which it has threatened to do in the past.
Iran should have faced the possibility of reprisals against its own expeditions and the possibility that this decision bothers China, the largest Iranian gross buyer.
The United States and allies have pressed Russia in forecasting the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 by Moscow with threats to its oil industry, then followed as many Western oil companies withdrawn from the country and the United States and Europe have imposed sanctions on Russian industry.
But Iran is much less integrated into the world economy than Russia, which depended on European markets for its oil and gas exports and has still advanced the invasion despite American warnings.
Colby Connelly, a principal researcher at the Middle East Institute, warned that “if the 2020s have taught us so far, it is because economic ties do not always prevent conflicts”.
As for the future of Iran, the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, seemed to play Trump by questioning the future of the ruling theocracy of Iran, apparently contradicting the previous calls of his administration on Tehran to take up negotiations and avoid climbing in the fighting.
“It is not politically correct to use the term,” the regime changes “, but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran large again, why would it not have a change of diet ???” Trump posted on social networks. “Miga !!!”
Leavitt said that “Trump posture and our military posture have not changed”.
“The president simply raised a question that I think many people in the world ask,” said Leavitt.
