Trump Says 9-Month Iran War Is Effectively Over as US Keeps Blockade
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Nov 9
Trump Says 9-Month Iran War Is Effectively Over as US Keeps Blockade
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Nov 9
Summary
After talks with Qatar's prime minister, Donald Trump said the US-Israel war on Iran was militarily "effectively over" and pointed to momentum toward ending the conflict soon.
Trump stopped short of declaring peace, saying the US would maintain its naval blockade and the new Task Force Iron Gate while staying "locked and loaded" for renewed action.
Qatar's Sheikh Mohammed said the meeting covered ways to advance US-Iran talks, and reports said he delivered a two-day Iranian proposal to end the war.
Iran rejected Trump's comments as "fake news," though President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran was open to more negotiations without coercion under a situation of "neither war nor peace."
The war, which began on February 28 and has disrupted Gulf trade for nearly 9 months, has spread across the region even after Trump's earlier claim that Iran's nuclear program was obliterated.