U.S. Official Warns Iran: Change Course or America Will Return to Negotiating "Through Bombs"

A Reuters reporter quoted an American official this evening (Monday) as saying that "the new Iranian proposal is not adequate." The official added that if Iran does not change its position, the U.S. will return to conducting negotiations "through bombs."

The website "Axios" reported that the Iranian proposal to end the war "does not constitute a meaningful improvement and is not enough for a deal." U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to convene a meeting of the administration’s top leadership in the Situation Room. According to the reports, Trump is expecting Iran to announce its surrender.

At the same time, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called on President Trump to act quickly, arguing that a forceful response now could stabilize the conflict and clarify the U.S. position מול Iran.

In addition, the Qatari network "Al Jazeera" reported that "U.S. President Donald Trump’s patience is running out because of the lack of progress with Iran." The report noted that in the U.S. they emphasized: "Iran has days, not weeks, to offer Trump something that will break the deadlock. The president is inclined toward military action unless he gets something from Iran within days."

Meanwhile, Trump attacked the American media this evening and wrote in a post he uploaded to his social network: "If Iran surrenders, acknowledges that its navy was destroyed and is at the bottom of the sea, that its air force no longer exists, and if its entire army comes out of Tehran with its weapons thrown down and its hands raised, and everyone is shouting, ‘I surrender, I surrender,’ while waving a white flag, and if all the remaining leadership signs all the necessary ‘surrender documents’ and admits defeat in the face of the overwhelming power of the United States — the failing New York Times, the Chinese Wall Street Journal, the corrupt and no longer relevant CNN, and all the other fake news media people, will write headlines saying that Iran had a brilliant and genius victory over the United States. It was not even close. The Democrats and the media have completely lost their way. They have totally gone CRAZY!!!".