President Donald Trump said the US strikes on Iran will cease 'very soon' but left the option for additional strikes open, and reiterated that Israel is not involved in the operations, according to a report from Assaf Rosenthal (N12). In a parallel statement, Iranian official sources told Iranian state media that Trump is 'lying' and that they did not initiate contact with the US.
President Donald Trump stated that the US strikes on Iran will end 'very soon,' while keeping the option for further strikes open and reiterating that Israel is not involved, as reported by Assaf Rosenthal (N12) at 13:52 UTC. Tehran immediately denied initiating any contact with the US, with Iranian official sources telling state media that Trump is 'lying' — a denial that follows an earlier Iranian denial reported by Barak Batesh earlier this evening.
This update follows a thread The Zioneer has tracked since 13:52 UTC on June 9. The first reports (version 1) had the US military acknowledging that an Apache helicopter crash near the Strait of Hormuz might have been caused by Iranian fire. By version 2, Axios cited US officials investigating whether Iran shot down the helicopter. The weapon was later identified as a Shahed drone (version 3), and by version 4 a US official confirmed the collision — a detail Trump himself corroborated in version 5. The motivation for the US strikes emerged gradually: by version 6, Axios reported Trump ordered them after frustration over an unanswered Iranian diplomatic proposal; versions 7 and 8 clarified via the Wall Street Journal that the strikes were a response to the Apache downing and not the start of all-out war, with Trump explicitly stating Israel is not involved.
As The Zioneer reported earlier this evening (23:16 UTC), US sources say Trump has not abandoned diplomacy and instructed aides to convey through Qatari mediators that the strikes are a limited response. Separately, a senior Iranian official dismissed Trump's claim of Iranian outreach as 'pure falsehood' in state media (23:32 UTC), reinforcing Tehran's denial — a position that centers on Trump's narrative that the strikes will end because Iran requested a halt.
Two points remain open: whether Tehran indeed reached out to Washington (Tehran's denial is absolute and on the record, while Trump's claim — unelaborated — stands only on his word as reported through N12), and whether Trump's statement that the current campaign 'will end very soon' is consistent with his later remarks that it 'is over,' which may reflect conflicting definitions of the operational phase.
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11 developments
- DevelopingTrump says only one country asked US to continue bombing Iran, calls deal a nuclear blocker
- DevelopingTrump says US military on alert, urges Iran to return to negotiations after missile barrage
- DevelopingIran state media calls Trump outreach claim 'complete lie' as Tehran pledges military response
- DevelopingTrump, angered, says Iran is 'stalling' nuclear deal, threatens immediate attack
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