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[**JerusalemPost**](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-887723)

> **Recent developments have made clear that a US strike on Iran is a only matter of time, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee member and Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Nissim Vaturi (Likud) said in an interview on 104.5 FM on Sunday.**
> 
> Vaturi said that he believed that, **despite America’s recent diplomatic talks with Iran, US President Donald Trump would strike Iran.**
> 
> ***“Is Trump frustrated? Iran is about to fall apart, Trump isn’t frustrated for no reason,” he said.”There will be American action in the end, I don’t believe Trump will humiliate himself like that.***
> 
> **Trump said frustrated with limits of military leverage against Iran**

[**Times of Israel**](https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-said-frustrated-with-limits-of-military-leverage-against-iran)

> US President Donald Trump is becoming frustrated with “the limits of military leverage” against Iran, CBS News reported Tuesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.
> 
> According to the report, **advisers have told the US president that it was unlikely that limited strikes on Iran would be decisive, and that there was a risk of escalation into a wider conflict.**
> 
> **Trump will base his decision on whether to strike Iran based on the assessments of his two chief negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, of Tehran’s intentions**, The Guardian reported Tuesday.

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“I don’t think the US has a choice but to go to war,” Fesharaki told Bloomberg, adding that he expects something to happen as soon as this coming weekend.
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##### [$100 Oil Price Forecasts Resurface Amid US-Iran Standoff](https://uk.investing.com/analysis/100-oil-price-forecasts-resurface-amid-usiran-standoff-200622573)

**Oil price spikes to $90-$100 per barrel are “within reach” as the United States and Iran appear close to war,** Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman Emeritus at energy market consultancy FGE NexantECA, told Bloomberg Television on Monday.

**Israeli media indicates the US will strike Iran.**