Trump Threatens Iran Strike "Tomorrow" as Tehran Says It Will Reopen Hormuz
Iran's ambassador to Pakistan says Tehran offered to reopen the strait if Washington lifts its naval blockade. Trump has announced no attack order, while the envoy says the US president rejected the proposal.
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President Donald Trump said on October 24 that the United States could strike Iran as soon as the next day, raising the threat of renewed war while leaving room for a deal.
Iran, meanwhile, has offered through Pakistan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if Washington lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, according to Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam. He said Tehran remained open to negotiations under an interim agreement brokered in June.
The two governments are confronting choices left unresolved by that agreement: how to restore shipping, end the blockade and negotiate over Iran's nuclear program. The US-Israeli war on Iran began in February and remained unresolved despite a ceasefire and an agreement to finalize a peace deal, according to Anadolu.
"Do you really think I'm going to tell you if I'm going to do it?" Trump said, according to Anadolu's account of his remarks. He also said Iran could avoid further military action by reaching a deal.
Trump has not announced a decision or an order to attack. No US acceptance of Iran's proposal has been announced, and Washington's formal response, the offer's full conditions and any agreed next diplomatic step are not established. Moghadam said Trump had rejected the proposal by insisting that the blockade would continue, an Iranian account of the US position rather than an independently confirmed American response.
The Daily Inference reported on October 22 that preparations for possible renewed strikes included stepped-up exercises and potential attacks on energy, nuclear and military sites, but that Trump had not approved an operation. His latest remarks give the threat a more immediate horizon.
