Trump postponed the decision on strikes against Iran for two weeks. What the media is writing
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US President Donald Trump has taken a two-week break to make a decision on strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. The White House hopes that the situation can be resolved through diplomacy. Meanwhile, Israel does not rule out that Iran's leadership will be destroyed in its own attacks. What the media write about the conflict in the Middle East is in the Izvestia digest.
Bloomberg: Trump signals postponement of strike on Iran
Trump will decide within two weeks whether to strike Iran. This was announced by White House press Secretary Caroline Leavitt. This signals a step back after a series of harsh rhetoric from the president, which included a demand to evacuate the residents of Tehran and an early departure from the G7 summit.
Bloomberg
"Based on the fact that there is a significant possibility of negotiations with Iran that may or may not take place in the near future, I will make a decision whether to proceed or not within the next two weeks," Trump said in a dictated message, according to White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt.
Over the years, Trump has had a habit of setting two-week deadlines, sometimes meeting them, and sometimes skipping or not taking any action at all, as a result of which the phrase "within two weeks" has become a stand-in for pending decisions during both terms of his tenure in the White House.
NBC News: Trump relies on a narrow circle of advisers on Iran issue
Trump is increasingly relying on a small group of advisers to provide him with critical information as he decides whether to order U.S. military action in Iran, according to two Defense Department officials and a senior administration official. At the same time, another senior administration official claims that Trump has been crowdsourcing with a number of allies outside the White House and his administration.
NBC News
Despite the fact that Trump regularly asks a broader group of people what they think he should do, he tends to make many decisions with the help of just a few administration officials, including Vice President Jay Dee Vance, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and Secretary of State Marko Rubio, who is also interim national security adviser, said a senior administration official. Trump also relies on his envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, when weighing decisions that fall within his purview, the official said.
In deciding whether to directly involve the United States in the war with Iran, Trump has expanded his circle in some ways, and narrowed it in others. He suspended National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, who opposes U.S. strikes on Iran, and rarely addressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as part of the decision-making process. Trump listens to General Dan Kane, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Eric Kurilla, commander of the US Central Command, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
CNN: Western diplomats welcome a two-week respite
European negotiators welcome Trump's announcement that he will make a decision on US military action in Iran within two weeks. This provides a "respite" and a "diplomatic window" that can bring Iran back to the negotiating table. Ahead of the nuclear talks between European and Iranian officials in Geneva, one Western European diplomat said Iran would be presented with "ideas" to "see if there is room for maneuver and explore what is possible."
CNN
The diplomat declined to go into details, but reiterated that the core of the issue still lies in Iran's controversial uranium enrichment program and that negotiations will focus on "what kind of compromise will be possible" on the issue. However, enrichment, which Iran says it needs for peaceful purposes, as well as for the production of large amounts of materials almost suitable for weapons, is a major stumbling block.
Before Trump's decision to give diplomacy another chance, the Geneva talks looked like a European sideshow, as the United States was apparently ready to join Israel in destroying Iran's nuclear facilities. The meeting between the EU Foreign Policy chief, as well as the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany, and their Iranian counterpart is now taking on even greater importance, laying the groundwork for the next steps and possibly acting as a bridge between Iran and the United States.
Reuters: Netanyahu did not rule out the fall of Iran's leadership
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 19 that the change or fall of Iran's leadership was not the goal of Israel's attacks, but could be their consequence. He said Israel has the right to destroy all of Iran's nuclear facilities, regardless of whether U.S. President Donald Trump decides to join or not.
Reuters
"The issue of regime change or the fall of this regime is primarily a matter for the Iranian people. There is no alternative to this. That's why I didn't see it as a goal. This may be the result, but it is not a stated or official goal," Netanyahu said in an interview with Israeli public television Kan.
Asked whether the issue of the protected Fordo uranium enrichment plant could be resolved with or without the Americans, Netanyahu said: "We have the right to destroy all our targets, all their nuclear facilities, but the president's decision whether he wants to join or not is his decision." A day earlier, Trump said that only the United States is capable of destroying or dismantling Ford.
The New York Times: US intelligence believes that Iran has not decided to build a nuclear bomb
American intelligence agencies still believe that Iran has not yet decided to build a nuclear bomb, although it has accumulated a large stockpile of enriched uranium needed for this. This assessment has not changed since the intelligence agencies last examined Iran's intentions in March.
The New York Times
Senior U.S. intelligence officials have said that Iranian leaders are likely to decide to build a bomb if the U.S. military attacks Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment facility or if Israel kills Iran's supreme leader.
The question of whether Iran has decided to complete the bomb project is irrelevant in the eyes of many hawks in the United States and Israel, who say that Tehran is close enough to pose an existential threat to Israel. Washington is confident that if the decision is made, Iran will be able to create nuclear weapons within two weeks.
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