Iran-US war latest: Tehran warns renewed fighting ‘likely’ after Germany responds to US troop withdrawal
A senior Iranian official has warned that renewed conflict between Iran and the US is “likely”, amid growing fears a temporary ceasefire could soon collapse.
“Evidence has shown that the United States is not committed to any promises or agreements,” Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military’s central command, told Iran’s Fars news agency.
It comes after US president Donald Trump has declared he is “not satisfied” by the peace deals offered by Iran.
The Iranians are “trying to make a good deal [for them] and we’re not going to let that happen,” he added. “They’ve got to make a bad deal. Maybe we’re better off not making a deal at all”.
Meanwhile, Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius has said it was “foreseeable” that the US would withdraw troops from Europe, as the transatlantic rift over the Iran war deepens.
The US president announced he was withdrawing 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany following a war of words which erupted when German chancellor Friedrich Merz said the US was being “humiliated” by Iran and questioned its exit strategy from the war.
.png?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2&w=390&resize=390,220&ssl=1 "Trump shares bizarre AI-generated image of himself lounging in Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool with Cabinet members")
