Trump: Operation against Iran could last up to four weeks
US President Donald Trump has said that the operation against Iran could last up to four weeks.
Source: Trump in a phone interview with the Daily Mail from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida
Quote: "We figured it will be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four-week process so – as strong as it is, it's a big country, it'll take four weeks – or less."
Details: Trump said none of the results of the strikes so far have come as a surprise to him.
"No, I think it's going as per planned. You know, other than we took out their entire leadership – far, far more than what we thought. Looks like 48," he said.
Trump also said on Sunday 1 March that he had spoken with the leaders of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan and a "couple of others".
Responding to reports that Saudi Arabia could conduct strikes on Iran after it also became a target, the US president said: "They're fighting, they're fighting too."
He also expressed hope that democracy could develop in Iran after the US and Israeli strikes come to an end.
"It'll be very interesting to watch, but a lot of things could happen and a lot of very positive things could happen," Trump said.
Background:
- On the morning of 28 February, Trump announced that the US had launched a large-scale operation against Iran. Israel also carried out strikes.
- Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Mohammad Pakpour, Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were killed in morning strikes on Iran on 28 February.
- Iran responded with strikes on several Gulf countries where US military bases are located.
- Iran announced that a three-member interim Leadership Council had been established to run the country following the killing of Khamenei.
- Trump said the new Iranian leadership had asked to speak with him and that he had agreed to talk to them.
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