唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统表示，美国和伊朗应该共同打击伊斯兰国激进组织(ISIS)的共同敌人，希望伊斯兰共和国在最近一次紧张局势急剧升级的事件发生后改变路线，伊朗向美国和盟国军队驻扎的伊拉克军事基地发射导弹。
伊朗革命卫队发射短程弹道导弹和巡航导弹周二对艾因阿萨德空军基地和埃尔比勒的一个军事基地的袭击，伊朗军方精英称这是对1997年伊朗圣城部队指挥官卡西姆·索莱马尼“野蛮暗杀”的报复美国无人机星期四发动袭击在巴格达。特朗普周三为其针对美国指定的恐怖分子苏莱曼尼(Soleimani)的决定进行了辩护，但宣布伊朗的袭击没有造成美国或伊拉克人员伤亡。
总统将此归因于“采取的预防措施、部队的分散和运行良好的预警系统”。在没有人丧生的情况下，特朗普选择避免军事回应，而是寻求扩大他的最大压力运动，称德黑兰“必须放弃核野心，结束对恐怖主义的支持”
特朗普指出，华盛顿和德黑兰都认为伊斯兰国激进组织(伊斯兰国)是一个“天敌”，双方可以合作击败它。
特朗普表示:“摧毁伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国对伊朗有利，我们应该在这个和其他共同的优先事项上共同努力。”。“对伊朗人民和领导人:我们希望你们有一个美好的未来。这是你应得的，是国内的繁荣，是与世界各国的和谐。美国愿意与所有寻求和平的人拥抱和平。”
唐纳德·特朗普总统1月8日在DC华盛顿白宫发表讲话。特朗普在讲话中谈到了昨晚发生在伊拉克的伊朗导弹袭击
华盛顿和德黑兰共享四十年的相互仇恨但两者都对打击伊拉克伊斯兰国的战斗做出了巨大贡献，尤其是在伊拉克，自2003年美国领导的推翻长期领导人萨达姆·侯赛因的入侵以来，伊朗支持的大多是什叶派穆斯林民兵。美国军队与这些民兵组织以及导致基地组织和伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国的逊尼派穆斯林叛乱对抗，伊朗和美国在2014年发起了打击行动。
这两个大国还在邻国叙利亚与伊斯兰国作战，但支持对立的派别，因为美国支持大部分是库尔德人的叙利亚民主力量，伊朗协助叙利亚政府。华盛顿此前试图通过协助2011年的反叛和圣战起义推翻叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德政府，但在俄罗斯于2015年加入支持他的战斗的同时改变了优先事项。
伊朗两次从其领土向叙利亚东部发射导弹，以回应伊斯兰国2017年和2018年在伊斯兰共和国境内声称的袭击。
索莱曼本人在伊朗反对伊斯兰国的跨国战争中发挥了前线作用，动员了远至阿富汗和巴基斯坦的盟军。然而，随着伊斯兰国地位的下降，美国和伊朗的地区竞争再度爆发，尤其是在特朗普政府于2015年离开两国和其他主要大国达成的历史性核协议之后。
特朗普周三发表讲话时说，在他的总统任期内，“伊朗永远不会被允许拥有核武器”，德黑兰官方否认了这一点。他呼吁核协议签署国中国、法国、德国、俄罗斯和英国共同签署一项协议，他一直认为该协议不足以遏制伊朗的“不良行为”
特朗普说:“他们现在必须摆脱伊朗协议的残余，我们必须共同努力与伊朗达成协议，让世界变得更安全、更和平。”。“我们还必须达成协议，让伊朗繁荣昌盛，并利用其巨大的未开发潜力。伊朗可以是一个伟大的国家。”
然而，当地局势仍然动荡不安。被称为民众动员部队的大部分什叶派穆斯林民兵在一周前的美国袭击中失去了副主席阿布·迈赫迪·穆汉迪和其他官员，这次袭击杀死了索莱马尼，并造成多达27名战士丧生，这次袭击是对一名五角大楼承包商的火箭袭击的报复。
人民动员部队的领导人在政府中占据有影响力的位置，他们成功地推动巴格达议会投票赞成促进美国从伊拉克撤军。特朗普周二表示，尽管伊拉克看守总理阿黛尔阿卜杜勒迈赫迪(Adel Abdul-Mahdi)支持这项措施，但在伊朗发动袭击之前，现在“不是离开的时候”。
伊朗总统哈桑·鲁哈尼和革命卫队呼吁美国从该地区撤出所有军队。阿卜杜勒·迈赫迪周三呼吁双方在袭击后缓和局势，并重申他不会让自己的国家成为美国和伊朗之间的战场。
DONALD TRUMP SAYS U.S. AND IRAN 'SHOULD WORK TOGETHER' AGAINST ISIS, 'EMBRACE PEACE' AFTER MISSILE STRIKES
President Donald Trump said that the United States and Iran should work together against their common foe of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), hoping the Islamic Republic would change course after the latest incident in the dramatic escalation of tensions in which Iran launched missiles at Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. and allied troops.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched short-range ballistic and cruise missiles Tuesday against Ayn al-Asad Air Base and a military site in Erbil in what the elite Iranian military branch said was "retaliation for the brutal assassination" of Iran's Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike Thursday in Baghdad. Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to target Soleimani, a U.S.-designated terrorist, but announced that Iran's attack inflicted no U.S. or Iraq casualties.
The president attributed this to "precautions taken, the dispersal of forces and an early warning system that worked very well." With no lives lost, Trump opted to avoid a military response and instead sought to expand his maximum pressure campaign, arguing Tehran "must abandon its nuclear ambitions and end its support for terrorism."
Offering an off-ramp to mounting tensions, Trump noted that both Washington and Tehran both considered the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) to be a "natural enemy" and that the two could cooperate in defeating it.
"The destruction of ISIS is good for Iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities," Trump said. "To the people and leaders of Iran: We want you to have a future and a great future. One that you deserve, one of prosperity at home, and harmony with the nations of the world. The United States is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it."
President Donald Trump speaks from the White House on January 8 in Washington, DC. During his remarks Trump addressed the Iranian missile attacks that took place last night in Iraq.
Washington and Tehran share four decades of mutual animosity but both contributed extensively to the battle against ISIS, especially in Iraq, where Iran has backed mostly Shiite Muslim militias active since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled longtime leader Saddam Hussein. U.S. troops faced off with these militias along with the Sunni Muslim insurgency that gave rise to Al-Qaeda and ISIS, which both Iran and the U.S. launched campaigns to fight in 2014.
The two powers also battled ISIS in neighboring Syria, but backed opposing factions as the U.S. supported the mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces and Iran assisted the Syrian government. Washington previously tried to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government by assisting a 2011 rebel and jihadi uprising but shifted priorities around the same time that Russia joined the battle to support him in 2015.
Iran twice launched missiles from its territory into eastern Syria in response to attacks claimed by ISIS within the Islamic Republic in 2017 and 2018.
Soleimani himself played a frontline role in Iran's cross-country war against ISIS, mobilizing allied groups from as away as Afghanistan and Pakistan. As ISIS was degraded, however, the U.S. and Iran's regional rivalry reignited, especially after the Trump administration left a historic nuclear deal struck between the two countries and other major powers in 2015.
Trump opened his remarks Wednesday by saying that "Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon" under his presidency, something Tehran has officially denied seeking. He called on fellow nuclear deal signatories China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom to altogether leave an agreement he long argued did not go far enough in restraining Iran's "bad behavior."
"They must now break away from the remnants of the Iran deal—or JCPOA—and we must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place," Trump said. "We must also make a deal that allows Iran to thrive and prosper, and take advantage of its enormous untapped potential. Iran can be a great country."
The situation on the ground remained volatile, however. The array of mostly Shiite Muslim militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces lost their deputy chairman Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis along with other officials in the same operation that killed Soleimani and lost up to 27 fighters a week earlier in U.S. strikes retaliating to a rocket attack that killed a Pentagon contractor.
The Popular Mobilization Forces, whose leaders hold influential positions within the government, successfully pushed Baghdad's parliament to vote in favor of facilitating a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. While caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi endorsed the measure, Trump said Tuesday, prior to the Iranian strikes, that now was "not the right time" to leave.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the Revolutionary Guard have called on the U.S. to withdraw all of its troops from the region. Abdul-Mahdi on Wednesday called for de-escalation on both sides following the attacks and reiterated he would not allow his country to become a battleground between the U.S. and Iran.
