US President Donald Trump says the war against Iran couldend soon without confirming a definite timeline. “It’s going to be ended soon, and if it starts up againthey’ll be hit even harder,” the US president told lawmakers on Monday. When asked whether “soon” means in a week, Trump responded,“No, but I think soon”. Hours later, Trump warned that if Iran stops the flow of oilwithin the Strait of Hormuz, “they will be hit by the United States of AmericaTWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far”. After his comments, oil prices which shot to their highestlevel since 2022 at $120, dropped to $90 a barrel on Tuesday, marking the firstdecline since the war in the Middle East began. However, Iran has rebuffed Trump’s comments. A spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) said, “Iran will determine when the war ends”. Tehran will not allow “one liter of oil” to be exported fromthe region if US and Israeli attacks continue, the IRGC spokesperson warned. In a separate interview with PBS News, Abbas Araghchi,Iran’s foreign minister, said talking or negotiating with the US is no longeron the agenda, after “a very bitter experience” during previous rounds ofnuclear talks. “They promised us that they don’t have any intention toattack us, and they wanted to resolve Iran’s nuclear question peacefully andfind a negotiated solution. Still, they decided to attack us,” Araghchi said. The foreign minister reiterated that Iran would continue todefend itself.
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