Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
US says offensive phase of Iran war over as ship hit in strait
“Operation Epic Fury is concluded,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters at the White House Tuesday, 66 days after the US and Israel began bombing Iran.
This signals the pressure President Donald Trump is under to end an increasingly unpopular conflict.
Iran’s president dismissed American demands to resume talks as “impossible.”
“The problem is that while the US pursues a policy of maximum pressure against our country, it also expects the Islamic Republic of Iran to come to the negotiating table and ultimately submit to its unilateral demands — an equation that is impossible,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
Tehran insists Washington must lift the naval blockade on the Persian Gulf. The US says their blockade is necessary to forcing Iran into concessions.