The US assures that Iran is “desperate” to negotiate and warns that if it attacks Hormuz “it will hit 10 times harder”

The United States authorities have stated this Tuesday that Iran is “desperate” to meet with Washington and negotiate an end to the war, in the midst of an increase in tensions in the Strait of Hormuz where it has warned that if it continues attacking commercial ships, “it will hit 10 times harder.”

In statements before meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun, US President Donald Trump stated that the Iranians “want to meet at all costs.” “And until they are prepared to meet in a meaningful way, we are not even interested,” he stressed on contacts with Tehran in the midst of a military escalation in the region, where the US Army has launched attacks for ten consecutive nights.

Trump has threatened new attacks against Iran, targeting nuclear facilities that, according to the US president, Tehran wants to rebuild. “They are in this because of nuclear weapons and they are trying, possibly, to rebuild a facility. We will attack that facility,” he indicated.

“So that they are not even thinking about nuclear matters, we will attack with very, very strong force,” he said, pointing out that the United States has inflicted serious damage on the country and “it will take between 20 and 25 years to recover” from this offensive that he has framed as a “great success” for the North American Army. “If we left tomorrow, we would have had a great, great success. But we are not going to leave tomorrow,” he indicated about the continuation of the war.

Likewise, regarding the perimeter closure reimposed by the US Navy in Hormuz, the head of the White House has indicated that the “blockade is underway.” “It is total, that is, no one can get through. No one can get through the blockade. It is like a steel wall,” he stressed.

During statements in the Oval Office, the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, insisted that the Islamic Republic has “every opportunity to negotiate and demonstrate that it behaves reasonably in relation to the Strait of Hormuz”, although he has warned that Washington will redouble its attacks if Iran continues its fight in the strategic maritime route.

“If they are going to shoot at a merchant ship, then we will hit them, as the president has said, ten times harder, and every night we are weakening them more and more,” he told reporters.