"President Trump stated, "the war is proceeding very, very strongly. We're doing very, very well in Iran, knocking the hell out of 'em and you have to do that. We can't let them have a nuclear weapon. They were two weeks away in my opinion, two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.""
"A March 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community stated: "We continue to assess Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that [then Supreme Leader] Khamenei has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003...""
"Oman's foreign minister, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, remarked that a peace deal was "within our reach if we just allow diplomacy the space it needs to get there," just before the strikes began."
"The war has resulted in more than 2,700 deaths across Iran, Lebanon, and other countries, causing what the International Energy Agency described as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.""
On March 8, 2026, U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted oil depots in Iran, escalating conflict amid diplomatic efforts. President Trump claimed Iran was close to developing a nuclear weapon, a statement disputed by experts and intelligence assessments. The U.S. Intelligence Community indicated Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons. The strikes occurred just before a scheduled peace meeting, leading to over 2,700 casualties and the largest disruption in global oil supply history, highlighting the war's chaotic and destructive nature.
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