JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump said he was not ready to declare the operation against Iran had ended.
"I haven't declared this operation over yet," Trump told reporters when asked if he believed the statement on the destruction of Iran's military capabilities should be followed by a declaration.
In addition, Trump claimed that Washington and Tehran were engaged in diplomatic dialogue amid the ongoing conflict between the two countries.
"We are talking to them, but I think they are not ready. But they are quite close [to an agreement with the US]," Trump said, quoted by ANTARA from Sputnik, Monday, March 16.
On February 28, the US and Israel began attacking targets in Iran, including Tehran, causing damage, civilian casualties and killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran retaliated by attacking Israeli territory, as well as US military targets in the Middle East region.
The US and Israel explain that the military operation began as a preliminary attack and a suspected threat from Tehran related to its nuclear program. However, they are no longer hiding their desire to see a change of power in Iran.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)