US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Monday to discuss efforts to reach a new ceasefire agreement with Iran and resume nuclear negotiations, according to the US news website Axios.
The Qatari prime minister, who has played a key mediating role between Washington and Tehran in recent weeks, is seeking to persuade Trump to give diplomatic efforts more time, according to sources cited by the website.
Trump said on Sunday that the possibility of the United States launching new attacks on Iran was largely ruled out as long as negotiations aimed at ending the war continued to make progress. However, he warned that Washington had identified potential targets within Iran’s infrastructure in the event military operations resume.
In a telephone interview with CNN, Trump said the outcome would depend on whether Tehran agreed to a “very good deal,” adding that renewed attacks would be unlikely if such an agreement were reached.
He warned that the United States could destroy 38 Iranian bridges within a single hour if it decided to resume its strikes.
Later, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the US task force “Iron Gate” was operating at full capacity against Iran.
According to Reuters, the operation aims to restrict Tehran’s ability to transport advanced weapons and sanctioned materials across its land borders and through the Caspian Sea.
