特朗普在最后一分钟取消了对伊朗的袭击计划

Trump¹ Cancels Strikes on Iran at Last Minute

American President Donald Trump says he canceled a planned military strike on Iran after being told as many as 150 people could be killed.

The attack plan was made to answer Iran’s strike Thursday on a huge, unpiloted U.S. military drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran shot down the plane. The incident increased fears of possible war between the two countries. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have recently risen following American withdrawal² from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers.

In a series of Tweets early Friday, Trump said the U.S. military’s plan had targeted three different Iranian sites. He said he canceled the strikes 10 minutes before they were supposed to be launched. He said the planned attack, which could have killed many people, was not “proportionate” to Iran’s downing of an unpiloted drone.

Trump added he was in “no hurry” to answer Iran’s actions. He also said the U.S. ordered additional sanctions against Iran on Thursday night. It was not immediately clear what those economic restrictions⁴ may be.

Also on Friday, a top Iranian general told reporters that a U.S. spy plane with around 35 crew members was flying close to the unpiloted U.S. Navy Global Hawk⁵ drone that was shot down. The military official said Iran chose not to target the plane carrying people.

The downing of the U.S. drone over the Strait of Hormuz led to accusations⁶ from the United States and Iran about who was the aggressor. Iran said the drone was violating its airspace; the U.S. said it had been flying over international waters.

Trump’s first comments on the attack Thursday were short and simple. He declared in a tweet that “Iran made a very big mistake!” He also suggested that shooting down the drone was a foolish mistake instead of a planned effort to worsen relations between the countries.

Trump spent most of the day Thursday discussing Iran policy with top advisers⁸ and congressional leaders.

An unnamed Trump official told Reuters reporters that national security adviser⁷ John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and intelligence director Gina Haspel all reportedly favored a strike against Iran. The Trump official asked not to be named.

The U.S. military operation was called off around 7:30 Thursday night Washington time.

Iranian officials told Reuters that Iran had received a message from Trump warning that a U.S. attack on Iran would happen very soon. But they also reported the message said Trump was against war and wanted talks on several issues.

The message came from an Omani official.

One Iranian official told Reuters that Trump gave them “a short period of time to get our response, but Iran’s immediate³ response was that it is up to Supreme⁹ Leader (Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei to decide about this issue.”

A second Iranian official said: “We have made it clear that the leader is against any talks, but the message will be conveyed to him to make a decision.

That official also said Iran told the Omani official that “any attack against Iran will have regional and international consequences.”

Khamenei makes the final decision on all state matters. He has opposed any talks with the United States while Iran is under sanctions.

I'm Ashley Thompson.

Words in This Story

proportionate - adj. having a size, number, or amount that is directly related to or appropriate for something

sanctions - n. an action that is taken or an order that is given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc. — usually plural¹⁰

response - n. something that is done as a reaction to something else

convey - v. to make (something) known to someone

regional - adj. relating to an area

consequence - n. something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

5 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

6 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

7 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

8 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

9 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

10 plural   

n.复数；复数形式；adj.复数的

参考例句：

• Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。