{"id":116276,"date":"2026-05-16T07:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/116276\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:13:13","slug":"report-u-s-and-israel-in-intense-preparations-to-renew-strikes-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/116276\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: U.S. and Israel in &#8216;Intense Preparations&#8217; to Renew Strikes Against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News on Friday that United States military has the capability to dismantle Iran&#8217;s critical infrastructure within 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t underestimate anything,&#8221; Trump said when asked about the country&#8217;s leadership and capabilities. &#8220;We could take out their bridges and electricity capacity in two days. Everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">During the interview, Trump discussed past attempts to negotiate with Tehran, stating that the two sides had previously approached the outline of an agreement. &#8220;We really had the confines of a deal,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;No nuclear, they were going to give us the dust&#8230; and every time they&#8217;d make a deal, the next day it&#8217;s like we didn&#8217;t have that conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Trump said this sequence occurred about five times. &#8220;There&#8217;s something wrong with them. Actually, they&#8217;re crazy,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;and you know what? Because of that, they cannot have a nuclear weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">When asked about the strategic options available to the current Iranian regime, Trump rejected the idea that they hold any real leverage. &#8220;They have no deck,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The only thing they have going is a fake press.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News on Friday that United States military has the capability to dismantle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2490,41,38,496,1411,100,423,37,5941,7401,8221],"class_list":{"0":"post-116276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-2026-israel-iran-war","9":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-hamas","13":"tag-hezbollah","14":"tag-idf","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-israel-u-s","17":"tag-israel-gaza-war","18":"tag-october-7"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116583019693851371","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}