Trump says ‘anything possible’ on Iran attack after midterms
US President Donald Trump has said “anything is possible,” when reporters asked about an attack on Iran after US midterms.
‘Replying to a query of a journalist, US President Donald Trump said anything is possible over the war.
Reporters asked the US president if he is planning more strikes on Iran after next week’s midterm elections.
“I can’t tell you that, but anything is possible,” Trump said.
It is “simply a question of when I want to end it”, he said about the war on Iran.
The US president said also that the war with Iran can end whenever he wants, but insists that Tehran must declare it will never have a nuclear weapon.
Speaking at an election rally in Lubbock, Texas, Trump said: “Somebody asked me before, ‘When will the war in Iran end?’ I said, ‘Whenever I want it to end.'”
He added that the war could end “very quick”, but that it needed to end “properly”, with a clear statement that Iran would never have a nuclear weapon.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian tells Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Middle East is “capable of resolving our problems” without US involvement.
Iran accuses US, Israel of war crimes, says 254 children killed in attacks
Iran’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Gholamhossein Darzi, has accused the US and Israel of war crimes against Iranian civilians, including attacks that he said killed 254 children.
“Iran is the victim of this war, not an aggressor,” he told the UN Security Council.
Darzi accused the two countries of deliberately targeting residential areas, schools, hospitals, airports, energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure.
“The United States cannot commit aggression, inflict mass civilian casualties, and then abuse this council to portray itself as a victim,” he said.
The diplomat also displayed photographs of children he said had been killed in US and Israeli strikes, including those killed at a school.
He said the photographs represented only a few of the 254 children he said had been killed in the attacks.
“Those who ordered, carried out, and enabled these heinous crimes must face accountability, not impunity,” he added.
US spent more than $47bn on Iran war, Pentagon data shows
The US military has spent more than $47bn on the war on Iran, more than 25 percent higher than the Pentagon’s estimate in July, according to data obtained by Reuters.
The latest estimate includes more than $29bn to replace munitions used in the conflict, and more than $6bn to replace military equipment, including aircraft and drones lost during the war.
The figures mark a significant increase from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s July estimate of $37.5bn.
Reuters reported that the estimate did not clearly account for the cost of repairing damage to US military bases caused by Iranian missile and drone attacks.
Reuters said the Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the estimate.
IAEA says no signs Iran has rebuilt nuclear facilities damaged in US-Israeli strikes
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, says the agency has found no evidence that Iran has attempted to repair or rebuild nuclear facilities damaged by US and Israeli strikes in 2025 and 2026.
Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Iran’s nuclear programme on Tuesday, Grossi said: “Since June 2025, we have not identified any activity to repair or reconstruct any of the facilities damaged in the military attacks of 2025 and 2026.”
However, he stressed that access to the facilities was necessary to verify their actual condition.
“Iran has not provided the requested information and access” needed to verify its previously declared nuclear material, Grossi said.
“One area of particular concern is Iran’s previously declared nuclear material, which includes 440kg of high enriched uranium,” he added.
Grossi said normal inspections had not resumed since the attacks, with the Bushehr nuclear power plant being the only exception.
He urged Tehran to cooperate with the agency, warning that any diplomatic agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme would require IAEA verification.
Source: Al Jazeera