Iran War: There is still no sign of Trump’s peace

Between prospects of an imminent end Iran war and renewed military strikes were only a few hours away on Tuesday. “We are in the final stages of what will be a very, very good agreement,” he said Donald Trump confident. According to the US President, negotiations with Tehran could be concluded in the next “two or three days”.

Shortly afterwards, on Wednesday night, The US military bombed Iran againIn three waves of attacks within four hours, 20 targets were said to have been attacked, including air defense systems, control stations and radar systems. Civilian infrastructure was also apparently hit: According to Iranian media, 20,000 people in the south of the country are without water supplies.

US helicopter was shot down

The trigger was the crash of a US helicopter that was hit by an Iranian drone on Monday. The search for the two crew members became a race against time, and their rescue became a sensational operation: after two hours of drifting in the waters off the coast of Oman, the two military men were rescued with the help of an unmanned drone boat.

Specifically, it was a sea drone of the type “Corsair“, which is part of a special unit of the US Navy. According to US Central Command (Centcom), it was the first operation of its kind.

Iran’s response to the US bombings did not take long to arrive: on Wednesday, the Revolutionary Guards fired missiles and drones at US military bases Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. There were no reports of injuries or major damage.

Nevertheless, the incident shows once again how fragile the ceasefire, which has actually been in effect since April 8th, is. Both sides are trying, on the one hand, to respond to military provocations and, on the other hand, to avoid major escalation. It was only on Sunday that there was shelling between Iran and Israel, which the US President found difficult to contain. “It is a very delicate situation,” summarizes Hamidreza Aziz from the Science and Politics Foundation Wall Street Journal together. “This balance is not stable because there is a risk of misjudgments and unwanted escalation.”

Downplayed

This is probably why Tehran initially tried to portray the helicopter shoot-down as an accident. Trump also actually downplayed the incident (“no big deal”). However, after speaking with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chief of Staff Dan Caine, he changed his mind.

Trump also made a statement regarding the faltering diplomatic efforts CNN He is said to have announced 38 times that an agreement was imminent, but on Wednesday he made a U-turn: “It took them too long to negotiate a deal that was great for them, now they have to face the consequences!” he threatened on Truth Social.

Later he considered Fox News Attacks on power plants and bridges in Iran. A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Iran had to reconsider talks with Washington after “repeated violations of the ceasefire.” Meanwhile, a Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Wednesday.