US-Iran war could last four weeks, says Donald Trump, as per reports
“This has always been a four-week process. We thought it would be about four weeks,” he told Britain’s Daily Mail in the latest of several interviews with media outlets on Sunday.
“No matter how strong a country is, it’s going to take four weeks or less,” Trump said.
England, France and Germany in the US-Iran War
Meanwhile, France, Germany and Britain said in a statement on Sunday that they were ready to defend their interests and those of their allies in the Gulf by taking “defensive action” against Iran if necessary.
The joint statement said the leaders of the three countries were “appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks launched by Iran against countries in the region, including those that were not involved in the initial military operations of the United States and Israel.”
“We will take steps to defend our own interests and the interests of our allies in the region by potentially enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to eliminate Iran’s ability to fire missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles at their source,” the statement said.
Oman acts as mediator between US and Iran
The door to diplomacy between the United States and Iran remains open as regional tensions between the two countries continue, Oman’s foreign minister said on Sunday.
“I still believe in the power of diplomacy in resolving this conflict. The sooner negotiations start, the better for everyone,” Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said in a post on X.
Oman is mediating in nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran.
