Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute, says Iran had offered major nuclear concessions and that Trump could have claimed a strong diplomatic victory, but instead pursued escalation to seek submission rather than advance US interests.
Trita Parsi says Iran had offered major nuclear concessions and that Trump could have claimed diplomatic victory.
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“We’re not going to occupy the country,” Graham said during an appearance on NBC’s “
Meet The Press.” “We’re going to give the people of Iran a chance to do something they’ve never had before: Chart their own destiny.”
“We’re going to take away from any future government the ability to have a ballistic missile program, a nuclear program, or support terrorism. That’s what we’re going to do,” he added. “And if out of this comes a new government that we can do business with, great. But having Iran no longer the state sponsor of terrorism opens up historic opportunities.”
Trump, who announced plans to completely destroy Iran's Navy, said the remaining Iranian warships would soon be sunk.
"They will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea," Trump said.
"Other than that, their Navy is doing very well!"
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. military was sinking Iran's Navy, having destroyed nine Iranian warships so far and "going after the rest."
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“The transition council is established,” he said, describing a three-member body comprising the president, the head of the judiciary, and a jurist from the Guardian Council. “This group of three would act as in charge of the leadership before the new leader is elected. I assume that it takes a short period of time. Maybe in one or two days, they will elect a new leader for the country.”
President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed on Sunday that the council “has begun its work”, in a prerecorded address aired on Iranian state television, in which he also condemned Khamenei’s killing as “a great crime” and declared seven days of public holidays alongside the mourning period.
Abbas Araghchi says constitutional process is under way as Tehran mourns Ali Khamenei and vows resistance to US, Israel.
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Videos verified by The New York Times show a Palau-flagged tanker, the Skylight, ablaze while anchored near Oman. It is one of three ships in the Persian Gulf that have reported coming under attack on Sunday. The videos, combined with satellite imagery, show a fire burning on the vessel’s left side, near the bridge and engine room. According to the shipping data firm Kpler, the vessel was not carrying any oil products at the time.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has claimed responsibility for attacks on three American or British oil tankers, according to the semiofficial Mehr News Agency. Shipping records indicate that two of those ships, the Starlight and MKD Vyom, have no links to the U.S. or Britain In fact, the Skylight was sanctioned by the United States in December for its ties to Iran. The identity of the third tanker attacked today is not yet known.
Only one in four Americans approves of the US strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday.
About 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, while 43% disapproved and 29% were not sure. About nine in 10 respondents said they had heard at least a little about the strikes, which began early on Saturday.
About 56% of Americans think Trump, who has also ordered strikes in Venezuela, Syria and Nigeria in recent months, is too willing to use military force to advance US interests. The vast majority of Democrats - 87% - held this view, as did 23% of Republicans and 60% of people who don’t identify with either political party.
US president says 48 leaders killed in Iran strikes and that he’s agreed to talk with Tehran; three US service members killed in operation
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