US President Donald Trump ruled out immediate military strikes on Iran, telling the Financial Times that Washington's current posture is a "brilliant situation" while confirming indirect discussions continue over Iran's roughly 454-kilogram enriched uranium stockpile. The remarks followed US air strikes on Monday on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The remarks follow US air strikes on Monday targeting sites on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, which Washington described as a defensive operation to safeguard American assets.
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We seem to be getting everything we want.
I'm ready, we're ready. We're locked and loaded if we need to go, but there may be no reason for it
We're not really in a war, because we hit them with the B2 bombers and wiped out their nuclear potential incapacity... if you think about it, we haven't really had a war with them in a long time, six months, maybe more.
Even though it's under hundreds of tons of rock, I would say that I'm not happy that it will be there
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Trump confirmed indirect discussions continue regarding Iran's roughly 454-kilogram stockpile of enriched uranium.
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Speaking in a telephone interview hours before polling stations closed in the US congressional midterm elections, Trump downplayed speculation that he was preparing to escalate hostilities after the vote.
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