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Officials in the U.S. president’s administration are divided on whether to continue the conflict with Tehran.
U.S. President Donald Trump is “in no rush” and is currently considering three options for how events could unfold regarding a war with Iran: reaching a peace agreement, resuming military action, or applying economic pressure. Axios reports this, citing comments from Trump.
“One way or another, we will do something, but there is no rush. We have crippled them financially. They have no money, no gasoline, and their people are very tired of this...
We are negotiating with them. Everything is going well. The problem with them is... that they try to push us, while they themselves are standing still,” the White House chief said, but he insisted that the Iranians want a deal “more than ever.”
Trump is weighing three possible outcomes regarding a war with Iran, sources say. And each of these scenarios has the backing of three different camps surrounding the president.
Vice President J. D. Vance and the president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff are urging Trump to accept a deal, arguing that a resumption of war might not improve the situation.
According to sources, most Gulf countries support the same position and have informed the American president of this.
At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to resume military action, as does U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset. They argue that Iran cannot be trusted to make a deal, let alone adhere to it, and that Trump should finish the job by military means.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio advise Trump to maintain the status quo of “neither war nor deal” and to allow the campaign of economic pressure to continue.
Ratcliffe told Trump that prolonged economic hardship would force Iran to make greater concessions or trigger enough instability in the country for Iranian citizens to rise up, one source said.
A few hours after his comments to the outlet, Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social about a record drop in oil prices: “This is a RECORD, because people feel that there will be no war with Iran. Iran wants to reach a deal as quickly as possible. It may happen.”
While speaking with reporters on 2 November, Vance said that he and Trump are fairly confident about the prospect of resolving the war with Iran.
As we already reported earlier, five explosions were heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran.
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