On Monday, in an interview with C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" program, Donald Trump announced that Washington was ready to hit the Islamic Republic "five times harder than the previous operation", but stopped this action at the request of the countries in the region. Referring to his recent meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar at the White House and consultations with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, the US President clarified: "They asked me to stop and I agreed to see if an agreement is reached, although we can finish the work quickly if necessary." Emphasizing that the US has greatly weakened the military power of the Islamic Republic, Trump stated: "We destroyed their navy, air force, anti-aircraft defense and several commanders, and buried the main centers of their nuclear program under hundreds of thousands of tons of rubble with B-2 bombers more than a year ago. He also called the economic situation of the Tehran government fragile and added: "The Islamic Republic chants public slogans, but behind the scenes it is struggling with inflation of over 300%, it has no money to pay the salaries of its military forces, and in reality it really wants to reach an agreement with us."

On Monday, in an interview with C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" program, Donald Trump announced that Washington was ready to hit the Islamic Republic "five times harder than the previous operation", but stopped this action at the request of the countries in the region. Referring to his recent meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar at the White House and consultations with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, the US President clarified: "They asked me to stop and I agreed to see if an agreement is reached, although we can finish the work quickly if necessary." Emphasizing that the US has greatly weakened the military power of the Islamic Republic, Trump stated: "We destroyed their navy, air force, anti-aircraft defense and several commanders, and buried the main centers of their nuclear program under hundreds of thousands of tons of rubble with B-2 bombers more than a year ago. He also called the economic situation of the Tehran government fragile and added: "The Islamic Republic chants public slogans, but behind the scenes it is struggling with inflation of over 300%, it has no money to pay the salaries of its military forces, and in reality it really wants to reach an agreement with us."