In an eight-minute video posted to Truth Social and X, Trump said the operation's objective was to "defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement confirming the military operation and said Israel was aiming to "remove the existential threat posed" by Iran.
There's a time for negotiation, there is a time for diplomacy, and I think the president has demonstrated he's bent over backwards that that time does not last forever, that that time is up! And it's not us going to war with Iran They've been at war with us for half a century! They've killed over 1,000 Americans! They have maimed tens of thousands of Americans!
Al Busaidi, a key mediator in ongoing talks between the US and Iran, met with Vance in Washington, DC on Friday. He said the nuclear negotiations have so far achieved significant, important, and unprecedented progress, according to the Oman News Agency.
Iran's top diplomat said that success on this path requires seriousness and realism on the part of the other side and avoidance of any miscalculation and excessive demands. He did not elaborate on what those demands are.