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Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL), US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming National Security Advisor, has highlighted reporting from the New York Times as evidence that Trump's election marks, "another step towards restoring deterrence" regarding Iran. 

  • The Times noted in an article focused on Hamas' isolation following the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal: "And Iran, which supports Hamas and Hezbollah, seems keen to avoid a direct fight with Israel, at least for now. Iran’s air defense systems were devastated in an Israeli attack in October, and after the victory of President-elect Donald J. Trump, the Iranians appear to have called off a reprisal attack."
  • A separate Times article notes that Iranian officials said, "Iran suspended plans to strike Israel following Mr. Trump’s election because it did not want to exacerbate tensions with the incoming administration, which was already lining up cabinet nominees who were hostile to Iran and staunch supporters of Israel. Mr. Trump’s stated plans to end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, however, appealed to Iran, the officials said."
  • Waltz told CNBC on November 26 that the Trump administration would return to 'maximum pressure' on Iran: "The change you're going to see is more focus on Iran... Maximum pressure, not only will it help stability in the Middle East, but it'll help stability in the Russia-Ukraine theater as well, as Iran provides ballistic missiles and literally thousands and thousands of drones that are going into that theater,"
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Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL), US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming National Security Advisor, has highlighted reporting from the New York Times as evidence that Trump's election marks, "another step towards restoring deterrence" regarding Iran. 

  • The Times noted in an article focused on Hamas' isolation following the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal: "And Iran, which supports Hamas and Hezbollah, seems keen to avoid a direct fight with Israel, at least for now. Iran’s air defense systems were devastated in an Israeli attack in October, and after the victory of President-elect Donald J. Trump, the Iranians appear to have called off a reprisal attack."
  • A separate Times article notes that Iranian officials said, "Iran suspended plans to strike Israel following Mr. Trump’s election because it did not want to exacerbate tensions with the incoming administration, which was already lining up cabinet nominees who were hostile to Iran and staunch supporters of Israel. Mr. Trump’s stated plans to end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, however, appealed to Iran, the officials said."
  • Waltz told CNBC on November 26 that the Trump administration would return to 'maximum pressure' on Iran: "The change you're going to see is more focus on Iran... Maximum pressure, not only will it help stability in the Middle East, but it'll help stability in the Russia-Ukraine theater as well, as Iran provides ballistic missiles and literally thousands and thousands of drones that are going into that theater,"