Both Israel and Iran are working to reach an immediate ceasefire, US President Donald Trump claimed in a Monday afternoon post to Truth Social, following his call for the two countries to stop “shooting” at each other.
“Final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way,” Trump went on, adding that the United State’s blockade on the Strait of Hormuz will “remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a ‘Final Deal’ is reached.”
“Things should move quickly,” he added.
Israel’s targets including a petrochemical plant near Iran’s southwestern city of Mahshahr, which the military confirmed was used to produce ballistic missiles.
Parts of the site were damaged in the Israeli strike, and the area is being evacuated, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-run Fars News Agency reported later on Monday.
After Iran’s renewal of strikes against Israel on Sunday, Trump had urged Tehran to return to the negotiating table in order to finalize a deal.
“What I would suggest to Iran,” Trump told Fox News. “You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough. Get back to the table and make a deal.”
“We’ll see how it ends up,” he said. “But they were attacks that did not kick at all.”
Yonah Jeremy Bob, Amichai Stein, and Corinne Baum contributed to this report.
