Informed about the attack of Israel in Iran was the US president Donald Trump saying that the US Army had no involvement.
“The US will defend Israel if Iran is retaliation,” US President Donald Trump said in his first statements to Fox News.
The US president said that hopes Iran to continue negotiations with the US to limit his nuclear program.
“Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and we hope to return to the negotiating table. We will see, ”he said.
At the same time, he confirmed that “there are several officials (Iran’s) leaders who will not return”.
Meeting of the National Security Council with Trump participation
US President Donald Trump will attend a National Security Council meeting this morning, the White House said after Israeli blows against Iran.
The meeting will take place at 11:00 (local time, 18:00 Greek time), the White House said.
In the meantime, the Trump government is trying to keep distances from Israeli blows, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressing that “Today Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in the blows against Iran and our top priority is to protect US forces in the region. “
“I want to be clear: Iran should not target American interests or staff,” Rubio said.
The US minister also noted that “Israel informed us that he believed that this action was necessary for his defense.”
He also added that “the (American) President (Donald) Trump and his government have taken all necessary steps to protect our strengths and They remain in close contact with our regional partners. “
For his part, Israeli ambassador to the UN Dannon said his country was in constant dialogue with the US, but its decision to hit Iran was independent.
When asked in an interview with CNN whether Israel expects the US to assist it in the event of an Iranian response, Danon commented that “I do not think we should speculate”.
However, the Israeli Kan state network, citing an Israeli official, reported that Israel was fully coordinated with Washington for Iran and informed the US before launches blows against Iranian targets.
The non -named official told KAN that recent information about the rupture between Israel and the US were false but were not denied in the context of a media gulf to mislead Iran.
Israel has announced that it has hit the targets of the Iranian nuclear program to prevent Tehran from gaining nuclear weapons, despite the fact that the Trump government was preparing to hold a sixth surrounding talks with Iran on Sunday.
A few hours before the Israeli blows, the US president had requested a diplomatic solution to the tension, though he noted that “a blow to Iran is very likely to happen.”
In addition, Trump had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, with Republican telling reporters that Iran was a key issue.
“Well, I would like to avoid conflict. Iran should negotiate a little harder, which means they should give us some things that are not willing to give us now, ”Trump had said.