Iran said it is ready for dialogue with the US but that there are no concrete plans for talks. This comes amid a major US military deployment to the region. But President Donald Trump’s goal remains “unclear”, says General Richard Shirreff, former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, on FRANCE 24. “But what is certain is that Trump is on very thin ice” as history has shown that US interventions in the Mideast often don’t go as planned, he notes.
