Mexico will always advocate for world peace, which is very much needed at this moment,” emphasized President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. These statements come as tensions rise in the Middle East following new attacks in the region. Iran is willing to negotiate while Trump threatens the offensive will last 4 weeks. The new Iranian leadership conveyed this Sunday both to the United States and Oman its willingness to negotiate while continuing an offensive against the regime, which U.S. President Donald Trump considered is advancing faster than anticipated, though he hinted it could be prolonged for four weeks. Oman's Foreign Minister, Badr al-Busaidi, assured that his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, has informed him of Tehran's disposition to “any serious effort that helps stop the escalation and restore stability,” according to Omani agency ONA. Trump, for his part, indicated in an interview with The Atlantic magazine that the Iranians “want to negotiate” and that he has agreed to do so. Mexico has always fought for peace, always. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated this Sunday that the country “has always fought for peace” and will advocate to achieve this goal, amidst the escalation in the Middle East, which she described as “difficult moments for the world,” following attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran. “In these difficult moments for the world, Mexico will always advocate for world peace, which is very much needed at this moment,” she emphasized. The president also stated that Mexico condemns the attacks by the United States and Israel “with a force they have never experienced before.” According to her Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, the bombardments against Tehran have not impacted their capacity to continue the war thanks to their decentralized defense system, so, in his opinion, Iran decides when and how to end it. His words came at the end of a day in which the Iranian capital received at least seven waves of attacks and two dozen bombings that caused some damage and casualties of which there has been no report. Among the targets was state Iranian television, which was already attacked in June in a bombing that resulted in the death of two journalists at the time. The offensive against the Islamic Republic has destroyed nine of its warships, according to Trump, and the headquarters of the Navy, among other targets. In turn, the Revolutionary Guard stated this Sunday that its missiles hit the USS Abraham Lincoln, something that was later denied by the U.S. Army's Central Command (Centcom). Meanwhile, in Israel there are 10 dead from impacts of Iranian missiles. Washington has recognized the death of three U.S. military personnel since the operation began on Saturday. More than 200 people have died in Iran from attacks by Israel and the United States, including 148 from a bombing against a girls' primary school in Minab (south of the country). She also spoke by phone with the leaders of Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The latter country, which claims to have intercepted 165 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 541 Iranian drones, reported that the Iranian retaliation has caused at least three deaths in its territory and injured 58 people. A hangar at a French base in Abu Dhabi, adjacent to another Emirati one, suffered “limited” material damage as a result of an Iranian attack, but France has not reported any injuries. Iran threatens to avenge the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has promised to avenge the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who died on Saturday during the military operation, and has assured it will strike the U.S. “In any circumstance,” she said during a public event in the town of Comondú, in Baja California Sur. From the north of the country, Sheinbaum pointed out that the Constitution is clear in stating the principles that govern the Mexican State in its foreign policy, “in this case and in any case,” she emphasized. Among them are the self-determination of peoples; non-intervention; peaceful settlement of disputes; proscription of the threat or use of force; juridical equality of States; international cooperation for development; respect for human rights; and the struggle for peace and security. “Those will always be the principles of foreign policy of our country, and that is what we defend before any situation in the world,” she added. Trump, for his part, stated that Iran “waited too long” for nuclear dialogue. “They waited too long,” he said about the failed nuclear talks. The Republican leader did not detail when new talks could begin, but he did point out that some of the leaders he had spoken with have died in the “Epic Fury” operation, launched jointly on Saturday by the United States and Israel and which, in his opinion, is “ahead” of schedule. In an interview with the British newspaper Daily Mail, Trump advanced that they calculate the offensive “will last more or less four weeks.” “It's a big country, and no matter how intense the operation is, it will last about four weeks... or even less,” he said. Trump will return to Washington this Sunday, but until now he has been monitoring the situation from his private residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida). “They should have done it before. They should have done before what was very easy to do.”
