美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周二在阿拉斯加州瓦西拉的一次竞选集会上威胁将对伊朗采取进一步军事行动，当时他正在为共和党参议员丹·沙利文助选。
US President Donald Trump threatened further military action against Iran on Tuesday during a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, where he was campaigning for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan."
“等着看我们对伊朗做什么。我们要狠狠打击他们。等着看我们对伊朗做什么，因为我们受够了，”特朗普说。
Wait and see what we do to Iran.
这番言论是在关于华盛顿对德黑兰下一步行动的一系列反复表态之后发表的。特朗普最初在周三表示，他不会在11月中期选举前发动进一步打击，但第二天似乎留有余地，在10月9日纽约的一次竞选集会上警告称，如果伊朗未能达成协议，他可以“彻底解决它”。
We're going to hit them hard. Wait and see what we do to Iran, because we've had enough," Trump said.
在周二的集会上，特朗普还声称伊朗的核设施仍埋藏在“数千吨岩石”之下，德黑兰距离研制核武器仅剩两周，并指责其前任、前总统巴拉克·奥巴马未能阻止该计划。
The remarks followed a series of shifting statements about Washington's next steps against Tehran.
“他们曾是中东的霸凌者，但他们不再是中东的霸凌者了，”特朗普说，并补充道，“这很快就会结束。”
Trump initially indicated on Wednesday that he would not launch further strikes before the November midterm elections, but appeared to leave the possibility open the following day, warning during an October 9 campaign rally in New York that he could "finish it off" if Iran failed to reach a deal.
据报道，德黑兰正寻求通过袭击海上交通和扰乱全球能源市场，在美中期选举前增加对华盛顿的压力，特朗普重申威胁正值此时。
During Tuesday's rally, Trump also claimed that Iran's nuclear facilities remained buried beneath "thousands of tons of rock" and that Tehran had been just two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, accusing his predecessor, former president Barack Obama, of failing to stop the program."
两名伊朗高级官员告诉路透社，伊朗正采用新战术以霍尔木兹海峡过往船只为目标，试图维持高油价并影响美国中期选举。伊朗以霍尔木兹海峡航运为目标，在中期选举前向美国施压自美国和以色列2月28日对伊朗发动打击以来，德黑兰一直试图控制霍尔木兹海峡。
They were the bullies of the Middle East, but they are the bullies of the Middle East no longer," Trump said, adding, "It's going to end very soon." Trump's renewed threats come as Tehran reportedly seeks to increase pressure on Washington through attacks on maritime traffic and disruptions to global energy markets ahead of the US midterm elections.
为了对华盛顿施加压力，伊朗限制了该水道的通行。这条水道在战前承担了全球约五分之一的石油和液化天然气贸易运输任务。伊朗的威胁和攻击行为严重减少了通过该海峡的航运量，导致油价飙升；不过仍有一部分石油继续通过该海峡运输。两位官员拒绝透露新策略的详细内容，但其中一位表示，伊朗大约在10天前开始对那些违反其限制规定的船只采取不同的攻击手段，这导致了针对这些船只的攻击次数增加。
Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters. Iran targets Strait of Hormuz shipping to pressure US ahead of midtermsTehran has tried to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28. It has restricted passage through the waterway, which carried about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade before the war, to gain leverage over Washington. Its threats and attacks have severely curtailed traffic through the strait, driving up oil prices, though some oil has continued to transit.
他们称，伊朗改变攻击策略的目的是为了维持高油价。新策略包括改变攻击的类型和频率，其中一个目标是影响美国的相关决策（即美国在石油价格问题上的投票结果）。其中一位官员表示：“我们的目标是挫败美国及其盟国试图降低全球油价的努力。”这两位官员还指出，采用这一新策略的决定是在伊朗最高领导层作出的，并且得到了该国整个统治体系的全面协调和支持。
The two officials declined to provide details of the new strategy, but one said Iran began using different offensive tactics against vessels it considered in violation of its restrictions about 10 days ago, adding that this led to more attacks on such ships. Iran changes attack tactics to keep global oil prices high The strategy included a change in the type as well as the pace of attacks, with one goal being to influence the outcome of the US vote, they said." The aim is to frustrate efforts by the United States and its allies to bring down global oil prices," one of the two officials said. The decision to adopt the new strategy had been taken at the highest levels of Iran's leadership and was fully coordinated across the country's ruling system, the officials said.