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President Donald Trump said that Tehran wants to make a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war, but “maybe they are waiting for the election or something” and that is “not going to help them.”

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• The United States has warned several Gulf Arab allies to prepare for a potentially brief but intense military campaign against Iranfollowing the U.S. midterm elections, according to The Wall Street Journal.
• Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched toward Taif by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi forces on Tuesday night, according to the Saudi-led coalition.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that Washington is tracking and freezing the Iranian regime’s cryptocurrency assets as it moves funds.
• President Donald Trump floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself Tuesday during a rally in Texas, pointing to increased oil flows through the waterway.

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Iran accuses US of ‘hollowness’ after Trump called ceasefire a ‘waste of time’

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said “Washington’s contempt for diplomacy is once again laid bare” after President Donald Trump called a ceasefire a “waste of time” during a midterms rally in Mississippi earlier this week.

Trump made the remark while talking about the U.S. military blockade on Iranian ports.

“We have the greatest blockade, probably in naval history. Not one Iranian ship has gotten through in many, many months other than when we did a little ceasefire. We did a little ceasefire, which I never liked very much. I considered it sort of a waste of time,” Trump said on Monday. “But, you know, you like to listen to professionals. But we did a little ceasefire, so we let some ships get in. You know, we want to be nice, but it was just a waste of time as far as I’m concerned.”

Baqaei then said Wednesday that “President Trump’s admission that he never believed in the Islamabad MoU and considered it a waste of time exposes the hollowness of their diplomatic commitments.

“For Iran, this is nothing new. Washington has a long record of reneging on its commitments and treating international obligations as disposable whenever they become inconvenient,” he added. “There is absolutely no justification for European states and other apologists for Washington to continue whitewashing U.S. misconduct and shielding it from accountability.”

Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond