US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are reported to be split over what to do next on Iran, with Netanyahu pressing for fresh strikes immediately after Tuesday's US midterm elections while Trump, for now, wants to give diplomacy more time.
The two leaders spoke by phone on Saturday. Trump confirmed the call on Sunday, describing it as a "very good talk" and saying the two had discussed Iran, but he declined to give further details. According to the Axios news site, citing one Israeli and one US source familiar with the conversation, the call was tense: Netanyahu urged Trump to resume military action against Iran straight after the midterms, while Trump said he wanted to let negotiations with Tehran play out.
Trump has kept both tracks open in public. He has said negotiations with Iran are "going fine" and that he is not in a hurry to resume strikes, while also warning that the conflict will end soon "one way or the other" — either through a deal or another American offensive. At a campaign rally in Iowa, he said Washington may eventually have to give Tehran "the hammer" at some unspecified time.
Diplomatic efforts are still moving. US Vice President JD Vance last week sent a letter to Iran's national security chief Mohsen Rezaei about restarting negotiations, the highest-level US outreach to Tehran in several months, according to Axios. Qatari mediators have also held talks with Iranian officials in Tehran and Doha over the weekend, in discussions reported to be in regular contact with Washington. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said no agreement has been reached so far, and that progress depends on Washington responding to Tehran's questions. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Trump had yet to decide whether to take military action, and that Washington remained open to a diplomatic solution.
Tehran, meanwhile, has warned that any new war could last much longer than the previous one and extend beyond the Middle East, and Gulf states are reported to fear Iranian retaliation if Washington resumes its strikes. The United States has also increased its military presence in the region, with more than 10 military transport aircraft sent to Israel over the past week, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Separately, conservative American commentator Tucker Carlson claimed in a post on X late on Sunday that the Trump administration could be days away from launching a strike on a suspected nuclear site at Pickaxe Mountain in central Iran, where Israeli intelligence allegedly believes Tehran has resumed uranium enrichment. That claim has not been confirmed by the US or Israeli governments, and it should not be read as an official announcement of any strike.
For now, the central question remains unresolved: whether the coming days bring a negotiated deal, or a return to military action once the US midterms are over.
America ke Sadr Donald Trump aur Israel ke Wazeer-e-Azam Benjamin Netanyahu ke darmiyan Iran ke muamlay par ikhtilaf ki khabar hai — Netanyahu chahte hain ke America ke midterm elections ke foran baad Iran par dobara hamlay hon, jabke Trump filhaal sifarat-kari ko waqt dena chahte hain.
Dono rehnumaon ne hafta ko phone par baat ki. Trump ne itwaar ko is call ki tasdeeq ki, ise "bohat achhi guftagu" qarar diya aur kaha ke Iran par baat hui, lekin tafseel nahi batayi. Axios ki report ke mutabiq, jo aik Israeli aur aik American zariye ke hawale se hai, ye guftagu sakht thi: Netanyahu ne midterms ke foran baad foji karwai par zor diya, jabke Trump ne kaha ke wo Tehran ke saath muzakraat ko aagay barhne dena chahte hain.
Trump ne awami tor par dono rastay khulay rakhay hain. Unhon ne kaha hai ke Iran ke saath muzakraat "theek ja rahe hain" aur wo dobara hamlay ke liye jaldi mein nahi, lekin ye bhi kaha ke ye tanaza jald "aik na aik tareeqay se" khatam ho ga — ya to muahiday se, ya dobara American hamlay se. Iowa mein aik rally mein unhon ne kaha ke shayad kabhi Tehran ko "hathora" dikhana paray.
Sifarati koshishain abhi jaari hain. Guzishta haftay America ke Naib Sadr JD Vance ne Iran ke qaumi salamati ke sarbarah Mohsen Rezaei ko muzakraat dobara shuru karne ke bare mein khat likha, jo kayi mahinon mein Tehran se sab se aala satah ka American rabta hai. Qatari saalison ne bhi hafta-war Tehran aur Doha mein Irani hakaam se baat-cheet ki, jo Washington ke musalsal rabte mein batayi ja rahi hai. Irani Wazeer-e-Kharja Abbas Araghchi ne kaha hai ke abhi tak koi muahida nahi hua, aur paish-raft is par munhasir hai ke Washington Tehran ke sawalon ka jawab de. America ke Wazeer-e-Kharja Marco Rubio ne hafta ko kaha ke Trump ne abhi foji karwai ka faisla nahi kiya, aur Washington sifarati hal ke liye khula hai.
Doosri taraf Tehran ne khabardaar kiya hai ke koi nayi jang pichli jang se kahin zyada lambi ho sakti hai aur Mashriq-e-Wusta se aagay phail sakti hai, aur Khaleeji riyasaton ko khadsha hai ke agar Washington ne hamlay dobara shuru kiye to Iran jawabi karwai kar sakta hai. America ne ilaqay mein apni foji maujoodgi bhi barha di hai, aur guzishta haftay Israel ko 10 se zyada foji transport tayyaray bhejay gaye hain.
Alag se, American mubsir Tucker Carlson ne itwaar ki raat X par daawa kiya ke Trump intezamia chand dinon mein wastee Iran mein Pickaxe Mountain par aik mushtaba nuclear site par hamla kar sakti hai, jahan Israeli intelligence ke mutabiq Tehran ne uranium enrichment dobara shuru kar di hai. Ye daawa America ya Israel ki hukumaton ki taraf se tasdeeq-shuda nahi hai, aur ise kisi hamlay ka sarkaari elaan nahi samajhna chahiye.
Filhaal asal sawal hal nahi hua: aane wale dinon mein muahida ho ga, ya midterms ke baad dobara foji karwai ho gi.
Sources: Axios (via Haaretz, The Economic Times, The Jerusalem Post and The Express Tribune), "Netanyahu urges Trump to strike Iran immediately after US midterms" (2 November 2026); The Indian Express, "Trump vows quick end to Iran conflict 'one way or the other'" (2 November 2026); Gulf News live coverage, "Trump Threatens Iran with Military Action Amid Tehran's Warning of Prolonged Conflict" (2 November 2026); The Express Tribune, "Trump could launch nuclear strike on Iran within days, claims Tucker Carlson" (2 November 2026).
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