Iran
“We’re locked and loaded if we need to go, but there may be no reason for it,” the American president said.
Oil prices surged after U.S. forces reportedly struck Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.
The United States is getting “limited cooperation” in the Strait of Hormuz, because “many countries around the world don’t have the ability to project power,” the U.S. secretary of state told JNS.
The president said Witkoff was pursuing an agreement, while Tehran ruled out transferring its 60%-enriched uranium to a third country.
The president has not decided whether to resume strikes, said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Tehran warns of a “geographically unrestricted” response to any attack.
The Islamic Republic’s armed forces are in high readiness, the supreme leader said.
Prosecutors say the American-made private jet spent six days in Tehran without required U.S. authorization.
