JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON/DUBAI: Israel and Iran exchanged fire again on Wednesday, the sixth day of strikes in their most intense confrontation in history, fuelling fears of a drawn-out conflict.
President Donald Trump said he was considering whether the United States will join Israeli strikes on Iran and said that Tehran had reached out to seek negotiations on ending the conflict.
"I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do," Trump told reporters. "I can tell you this, that Iran's got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate."
Trump said Iran had even suggested sending officials to the White House for talks on Tehran's nuclear program in a bid to end Israel's air assault, but added that it was "very late".
His comments came after Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech read on state television that his nation would "never surrender", while warning the US it would suffer "irreparable damage" if it intervenes in the conflict.
