Iran has the will to end the war with Israel and US says the country's president
發佈日期: 2026-04-01 21:53
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US President Donald Trump said that securing the Strait of Hormuz is "not for us" as he estimates the US will be done attacking Iran in two or three weeks.
Meanwhile Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that Tehran has "the necessary will to end the war" but wants guarantees the conflict with the US and Israel will not flare up again.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office President Trump said the responsibility for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open would belong to countries that rely on it.
"We'll be leaving very soon. And if France or some other country wants to get oil or gas, they'll go up through the Strait and the Hormuz Strait. They'll go right up there and they'll be able to fend for themselves.
I think it'll be very safe, actually, but we have nothing to do with that."
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US-Israeli military has left Iran and its forces weakened. Marking the one-month anniversary of the joint operation, he said Israeli forces have been systematically crushing the Tehran regime.
One airstrike Tuesday hit a Shia mosque in the northwestern city of Zanjan according to Iranian state media. They reported three people were killed.
Iranian authorities say 1,900 people have been killed since the start of the war.
Pope Leo XIV told reporters in Rome that he hoped the US-Israel war on Iran could be finished before Easter. "I was told that President Trump would want to end the war and hopefully he's looking for an off ramp.
Hopefully he is looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence of bombing, which would be a significant contribution to removing hatred that's been created and that's increasing constantly in the Middle East and elsewhere. So I will certainly continue to give this call to all leaders of the world to say come back to the table to dialog. Let's look for solutions to the problems."
This while the European Union's energy commissioner warned Tuesday that skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the war won't normalise any time soon. EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said:
"Since the beginning of the conflict in the Middle East, prices in the EU have risen by around 70% for gas and by 60% for oil. In financial terms, 30 days of conflict have already added 14 billion euros to the Union's fossil fuels import bill.
As the crisis in the Middle East enters its second month, it is clear that we are facing a very serious situation. While there are no immediate oil and gas supply shortage in the European Union, we see tightening in certain product markets, notably diesel and jet fuel, as well as increasing constraints in global gas markets and its spillover effect into electricity prices.
Similar story in the United States as gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday.
