BBC Reporter Says Donald Trump Is Bewildered About Iran Conflict

Donald Trump is “bewildered” that the war in Iran is still going on, according to a BBC reporter covering the conflict.

Daniel De Simone, who is a correspondent based in Jerusalem, said the American and Israeli governments seemed to have “under-estimated” the Tehran regime.

The two countries began their bombardment of Iran at the end of February, sparking a wider Middle East conflict amid fears of a global economic meltdown as oil prices soar.

In his latest gambit aimed at ending the war, Trump has threatened to destroy Iran entirely unless it re-opens the Strait of Hormuz by later today.

On Radio 4′s Today programme, De Simone said this was not now the US president had thought the war would go.

He said: “There are still missiles being fired towards Israel and that’s happening every day.

“That shows that the Iranian government, the military, is still able to pose a threat, that’s heading to the sixth week of this war.

“I think there’s a sense that there was a real under-estimation by the Israeli leadership [and] by the American leadership about how this war could go on, and certainly some of Donald Trump’s comments show that.

“He seems a bit bewildered that this is still happening and that the Iranian military is still fighting.”

He added: “I think that as long as Iran is able to fire missiles, it’d hard to see how they can claim that their objectives have been met.”

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