Trump’s comments that Iran is now seeking a deal, coming just hours after the first US strike on Iranian infrastructure since the ceasefire, introduce a potential de-escalation signal into what has otherwise been a rapidly worsening week for the conflict. Markets had been pricing continued escalation risk after Wednesday’s exchange of strikes and Trump’s threats to target Kharg Island, so any credible sign Tehran is ready to re-engage diplomatically could cap the war-risk premium currently built into oil prices. That said, the targeting of railway bridges deep inside Iranian territory, and the IRGC’s vow to respond, keeps a live escalation risk in play alongside the diplomatic signal, leaving markets to weigh conflicting cues rather than settle cleanly in either direction.
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Trump says Iran wants to talk again after the US struck rail bridges inside Iran.
Summary:
- Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Iranian officials had called and want to make a deal
- The US Air Force bombed two railway bridges in Iran on Wednesday, according to Axios’ Barak Ravid, citing a senior official
- The strikes hit a rail line in Golestan province in northeastern Iran, near the border, using cruise missiles
- It marks the first US strike on Iranian infrastructure since the ceasefire took hold
- Iran said multiple US artillery shells struck a railway bridge west of Aghala in Golestan in the early hours of July 9, local time, triggering several explosions
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it would respond to the strike on the bridge near Aqqala
Iran wants to make a deal, President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, saying Iranian officials had called seeking to re-engage diplomatically. The comments came hours after the US struck Iranian infrastructure directly for the first time since the ceasefire, according to Axios’ Barak Ravid, citing a senior US official.
The US Air Force used cruise missiles to bomb two railway bridges in Iran’s Golestan province, near the country’s northeastern border, targeting a rail line rather than the shipping or military assets hit earlier in the week. Iran confirmed the strike, saying multiple US artillery shells hit a bridge west of Aghala in the early hours of July 9 local time, with several explosions reported. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it would respond to the attack.
The infrastructure strike marks a notable escalation in the physical scope of the conflict, moving beyond naval and shipping-lane targets into inland transport infrastructure. Trump’s comments suggest Tehran may be seeking to reopen negotiations even as the military exchanges continue, leaving the immediate trajectory of the conflict, and its ceasefire, uncertain.
This article was written by fl6553e4b45d84486a91658a8b3f02bf22 at investinglive.com.
