Donald Trump considers a resumption of the war against Iran “very unlikely” for the moment

An outing a few days after his electoral debacle. Donald Trump estimated, Sunday, November 8, that a resumption of the war with Iran was "very unlikely" provided that progress is made in negotiations with Tehran. “It depends on whether or not they sign a very solid agreement,” the US president said in a telephone interview with a CNN journalist. However, he said he could order a resumption of fighting if the situation evolved, "but we really hit them hard. I hit them so hard. You can't imagine how hard I hit them."

These statements contrast with those of the head of Iranian diplomacy, Abbas Araghchi, who affirmed shortly before that diplomatic negotiations between the two countries were at a standstill due to the "shock" caused by the debacle of Donald Trump's camp during the mid-term elections on Tuesday.

'We have to wait'

“For several days, there has been no more travel [on the part of the mediators], and the reason is the shock that the results of the elections in the United States have caused in everyone,” said Abbas Araghchi on Sunday on state television.

“It will take some time before the atmosphere is favorable for the resumption of travel by mediators. We must be patient,” he added. Diplomatic efforts for a settlement of the conflict, triggered at the end of February by American-Israeli strikes on Iran, had intensified before the mid-term elections. After his side's defeat in these elections, the Republican president recognized that the conflict, by causing oil prices to soar, had largely contributed to it.