{"id":4340,"date":"2026-05-21T03:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:27:57","slug":"us-and-iran-on-brink-of-escalation-as-trump-warns-of-new-military-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=4340","title":{"rendered":"US and Iran on Brink of Escalation as Trump Warns of New Military Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Washington: US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the United States is prepared to launch further military strikes against Iran if Tehran refuses to agree to a peace deal, raising fears of renewed conflict in the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Trump said the situation was \u201cright on the borderline\u201d and could escalate rapidly if negotiations failed to produce what he called the \u201cright answers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBelieve me, if we don\u2019t get the right answers, it goes very quickly. We\u2019re all ready to go,\u201d Trump said. When asked how long Washington was willing to wait before taking action, he replied: \u201cIt could be a few days, but it could go very quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThe remarks come six weeks after Trump paused \u201cOperation Epic Fury\u201d under a ceasefire arrangement. However, diplomatic talks aimed at ending the conflict have reportedly made little progress, while rising gasoline prices in the United States have increased domestic political pressure on the administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump reiterated that Washington would not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in the final stages of Iran. We\u2019ll see what happens. Either have a deal or we\u2019re going to do some things that are a little bit nasty, but hopefully that won\u2019t happen,\u201d he said earlier in the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIdeally I\u2019d like to see few people killed, as opposed to a lot. We can do it either way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran responded with strong warnings against any renewed military action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said that if attacks on Iran were repeated, the \u201cpromised regional war\u201d would expand beyond the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Tehran announced the launch of a new body called the \u201cPersian Gulf Strait Authority\u201d to oversee and control maritime traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, one of the world\u2019s most critical oil shipping routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan also spoke with Trump and welcomed the extension of the ceasefire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ankara, Erdogan told the US president that he believed a \u201creasonable solution\u201d to the crisis remained possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf claimed that both \u201cobvious and hidden moves by the enemy\u201d indicated the United States was preparing for another round of attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Tehran remains open to negotiations but rejected the idea that pressure or threats could force Iran into surrender.\u201cForcing Iran to surrender through coercion is nothing but an illusion,\u201d Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington: US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the United States is prepared to launch further military strikes against Iran if Tehran refuses to agree to a peace deal,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[100,254,1423],"class_list":["post-4340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-united-states","tag-war-against-iran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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