War in the Middle East. For Trump, there is a “good chance” that talks with Iran will succeed

Donald Trump indicated this Monday that there is “a good chance” that discussions with Iran will succeed, while the ceasefire between the two countries was stopped on July 7. “We’ll see what happens. I think there’s a good chance something will happen,” he told reporters aboard the presidential plane Air Force One, before adding: “If it doesn’t, we’ll go back to what we were doing two days ago,” which was bombing Iran.

The US president also dismissed concerns of a shortage of US munitions. “We have a lot of ammunition,” the American president told the press aboard Air Force One, before adding: “I would like to have more, to be honest, but so much has been given to Ukraine. »

Iranian diplomacy affirmed Monday that it was not currently conducting any negotiations with the United States, despite the recent cessation of fighting between the two countries. “At present, we are not engaged in any negotiations with the United States,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaïl Baqhaï said during his weekly press briefing, denying reports that Iran had requested the opening of discussions.

Oil prices fell sharply on Monday at the opening of Asian markets, with investors showing relief from two consecutive nights without American strikes in Iran, which left the door open to new talks between the belligerents.