Photo of the Archive: A supporter of the Venezuelan government agitates the flag of Iran while participating in a march in support of Iran, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2025. Photo credit: Leonardo Fernández Viloria
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will decide within two weeks of attacking Iran, said his spokesman, said Israel hit more Iranian nuclear sites and warned that their attacks can tear down leadership in Tehran.
The White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, said she had a message issued by Trump that “based on the fact that this is a substantial possibility of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will do whether” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “”. ”
Trump has made publicly for days on the US. UU. The bets increased by joining Israel’s attacks on Iran. His last position indicates a step back after a hard rhetoric, including the demands for Tehran residents to evacuate, and their early departure from the seven -year group of this week in Canada to return to Washington.
The oil cut the previous profits and capital futures remained lower after Leavitt’s comments. S&P 500 contracts fell 0.9 percent in the thin trade on the June holidays of the United States.
Trump for years has had an inclination to establish two -week deadlines, sometimes following and, in other times, lose them or never act at all, doing “in two weeks” a stock phrase for pending decisions in both terms of the White House.
Leavitt said Trump’s statement was an answer to the media speculation about the “situation in Iran.” She refused to elaborate her timeline, even on how she sees the chances of success of any other conversation with Iran.
Trump’s goal, stop the Iranian enrichment of uranium and prevent the country from bothering nuclear weapons, remains intact, thought “if that is an opportunity for diplomacy, the president will always take it,” he said.
High American officials have been preparing for the possibility of a strike against Iran, according to people’s family with the matter, and some point to potential plans for a weekend strike. The main leaders of a handful of federal agencies have begun to prepare for an attack, said a person.
American Airlines Group Inc. suspended the daily flights of the United States to the capital of Qatar, while United Airlines Holdings Inc. stopped the service to Dubai due to military actions and heped tensions in the Middle East.
An Iran’s missile hit an Israeli hospital on Thursday for the first time from the war, which underlines the risks for the civilians of both sides. The Israel Ministry of Health reported Light injuries at the Soroka Medical Center in the south of the country, saying that the missile landed in an department that had been evacuated.
Israel said Iran used a missile with an ojiva head that broke into submunition boxes that dispersed widely before exploiting on the ground. Iran revealed a fragmented head of head in 2017, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early on Thursday that although Israel’s military objective remains the destruction of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile abilities, “we can create the conditions” to help change the government.
When asked if that means attacking supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Netanyahu said “no one is immune.”
Netanyahu then told Israel’s Can TVT that Israel has achieved more than half or Iran missile launchers. “It doesn’t matter how much how many missiles they have,” he said. “What matters is how many pitchers have.”
Israeli combat aircraft hit military objectives in Iran during the night, including an inactive nuclear reactor in the ARAK area. For a long time it has been the focus of international scrutiny due to its potential role in the manufacture of plutonium, which could be used in the future production of nuclear weapons if reprocessing capacities were developed.
The interruption of US airlines. UU. It was extended to the Persian Gulf, since American Airlines Group Inc. suspended daily flights to Qatar and United Airlines did a service to Dubai.
Diplomacy sought
European governments made the case of diplomacy. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, asked Trump to remain open to resume conversations about Iran’s nuclear program and the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had planned to meet with the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, David Lammy in Washington, Thursday.
Lammy and the Ministers of French and German foreigners plan to meet with Friday Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for conversations in Geneva. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani made separate phone calls with Rubio and Araghchi on Thursday, according to the Ministry in Rome.
Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor of the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Bin Zayed al Nahyan, asked for the end of hostilities and a return to dialogue.
Araghchi said Wednesday that Iran is still “committed to diplomacy” and that he has never sought and would never see nuclear weapons. Khamenei said the same day he would not give up.
