Donald Trump says another US strike on Iran could be roughly five times larger than the previous one. He made the remarks in a phone interview with C-SPAN's Washington Journal Primetime on Monday 9 November, according to a summary published by Iran International.
"We could knock it out fast, or we could knock it out over a longer period of time"
Iran International reports that Trump said the US might strike the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site if Tehran tried to resume its nuclear programme. He also said Iran wants a deal even though it does not say so publicly.
"I can tell you that Iran would like to make a deal, and we'll find out whether or not that'll happen"
According to the same summary, Trump said Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait prefer the current approach to another major strike, and that he favours it too.
The remarks follow his CNN interview on Sunday, in which he called a return to war "highly unlikely" if talks make progress. Iran International's account has not been checked against a full transcript of the C-SPAN interview. Trump's claim that Iran privately wants a deal has not been independently checked.