A senior Iranian military commander said renewed conflict with the United States is unavoidable, a position that contrasts with President Donald Trump\u2019s assertion that a negotiated agreement between Washington and Tehran could be reached within days. <\/p>\n
According to Iranian state television, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy head of Iran\u2019s central military command, Khatam al-Anbiya, rejected the possibility of Iran accepting US demands. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe United States demands our total surrender, and the Iranian nation will never surrender,\u201d Asadi said. \u201cWithout surrender, war is inevitable.\u201d <\/p>\n
The remarks came as President Trump expressed confidence that diplomatic efforts remain on track. <\/p>\n
In a phone interview with ABC on Monday, President Trump said a peace agreement with Iran could be reached \u201cover the next week.\u201d The president also said a negotiated settlement would be preferable to a military outcome. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not an easy thing for them. It\u2019s actually not easy from our standpoint either. But we\u2019re getting what we need to get,\u201d President Trump said. <\/p>\n
He added that he had not yet agreed to the memorandum of understanding that he previously indicated was nearing completion on May 24 because \u201cI still have to get a few more points.\u201d <\/p>\n
The contrasting statements were made amid continuing tensions between the United States and Iran around the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard said Monday it launched a cruise missile at the MSC Sariska V, a vessel it described as linked to the United States and Israel. The group said the strike was carried out in retaliation for a US attack on the Iranian commercial ship Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman. British maritime authorities said the MSC Sariska V was struck by a large explosion near Iraq. <\/p>\n
The reported attack came as clashes between Iran and the United States continued around the strategic waterway. Both countries have carried out military strikes in recent days, while Tehran and Washington have disagreed over the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world\u2019s oil and gas are transported. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A senior Iranian military commander said renewed conflict with the United States is unavoidable, a position that contrasts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-472083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}