️Conflict Overview: Day 96
️ Conflict Overview: Day 96
▪️The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has denied reports that an Iranian attack hit the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and a US airbase in the region
▪️US President Donald Trump has said he would like to meet with Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
▪️Trump does not rule out that the naval blockade of Iran could continue through Labor Day, observed in the United States on the first Monday in September
▪️The United States is not currently considering putting boots on the ground in Iran, Trump said.
▪️Trump believes oil prices will stabilize after the war with Iran is finished
▪️The US will not lift any sanctions against Iran until Tehran abandons uranium enrichment and gets rid of its nuclear fuel reserves, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing in the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
▪️At least 63 people were injured in an Iranian missile and drone attack targeting Kuwait International Airport, the emirate's Health Ministry said
▪️Iran’s armed forces are only targeting facilities used by the US to attack Iranian territory, said the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
▪️Iran's armed forces are prepared to strike Israel if the Jewish state’s military launches attacks on Beirut, Araghchi said in an interview with Al Mayadeen TV
▪️Tehran and Washington have not suspended indirect contacts aimed at resolving the conflict, and the parties are currently reviewing texts they exchanged earlier, Araghchi said
▪️Iran does not want a resumption of hostilities with the United States and Israel, but has the capacity to sustain a prolonged conflict, Araghchi said
▪️The conflict between Iran and the United States will be resolved only if Israel ends its military operations in Lebanon, Araghchi said
▪️The Iranian navy has attacked an American destroyer that aimed to get close to Iran's territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman, the Navy said, according to Fars news agency
▪️The Israeli army is ready to return to combat operations against Iran at any moment, Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said during a visit to a Navy base in Haifa, where he held a meeting with naval officers, the army said
▪️Trump said that the negotiations between Washington and Tehran were going well and an agreement could be reached as early as this weekend, although he did not rule out a failure
Source: Telegram "tassagency_en"