Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said President Donald Trump has sharply limited diplomatic and military options, stepping up pressure as tensions rise again.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the IRGC’s Intelligence Organization said in a statement on the 3rd that Trump is left to choose between an “unworkable military operation” and an “unfavorable deal with Iran.”
As grounds for its assessment, the group cited what it called a “blockade deadline” Iran presented to the U.S. Defense Department, shifts in the attitudes of China, Russia and Europe toward the United States, a private letter Trump sent to the U.S. Congress, and partial acceptance of Iran’s negotiating terms. It said U.S. room for decision-making is “gradually shrinking.”
Iran has recently been reported to have proposed a 14-point revision in response to a nine-point cease-fire plan presented by the United States. The revisions reportedly include compensation for war damage, guarantees against renewed military attacks, withdrawal of U.S. forces from areas around Iran, lifting a maritime blockade, easing sanctions on Iran, ending regional conflicts including in Lebanon, and resetting the operating mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States and Iran agreed to a cease-fire on April 8, but tensions have escalated again after cease-fire talks held April 11 in Islamabad, Pakistan, fell into deadlock.
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