US refrains from tougher measures against Iran on request from regional countries — Trump

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US President Donald Trump stressed that if not for that request, he could go further

NEW YORK, November 13. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump said Washington is refraining from tougher measures in the conflict against Iran on a request from a number of Middle Eastern countries.

US TV journalist and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith asked Trump why Washington has so far been unable to end the conflict with the Islamic Republic.

"I could end it immediately. At the request of the nations that I'm looking to protect, we are doing it a little bit longer way, a little bit more civilly. Saudi Arabia has asked me to 'please just let it be the way it is now for a while,'" the US leader said, adding that Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates also asked him to wait.

"We've gone very far. We've attacked them pretty far, but we, for the most part, left their bridges alone. We took out one big bridge because they behaved very badly, but and we've let their electric, you know, manufacturing capability survive, and we haven't attacked their energy at all," he said.

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