美国官员称，美国周一对伊朗格什姆岛发动了袭击。这是华盛顿近几周来对伊朗秘密实施的一系列有限打击中的最新一次，与此同时，特朗普总统却在宣扬达成外交协议的可能性。
The U.S. attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, U.S. officials said, in the latest of a series of limited strikes Washington has secretly carried out against the country in recent weeks as President Trump touted the possibility of a diplomatic deal. The assault follows comments by Trump playing down the possibility of a return to war with Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections.
此次袭击发生之前，特朗普在周二的期中选举后淡化了与伊朗重启战事的可能性。
“We had a war with Iran. We won,” Trump told reporters Monday.
“我们和伊朗打过一仗。我们赢了，”特朗普周一对记者说。“我都不知道你们该不该把它称为一场战争，因为我们已经有几个月没打过仗了。”但官员们表示，美国数周来一直在对伊朗进行较小规模的打击，社交媒体上周一有报道称格什姆岛周边发生爆炸。一些官员称这些袭击属于防御性质，目的是防止伊朗随意袭击霍尔木兹海峡的商船。与战争初期不同，美国并未公开宣布这些袭击。
“I don’t know if you even call it a war because we haven’t been doing any fighting for months.”But the U.S. has been engaged in smaller-scale strikes against Iran for several weeks, officials said, with explosions reported around Qeshm island on Monday on social media. Some of the officials described the assaults as defensive in nature to prevent Iran from having the freedom to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Unlike earlier in the war, the U.S. hasn’t publicly announced the attacks. The U.S. has been purposefully keeping the campaign quiet so as not to signal any intention of resuming major combat operations, one official said.
一名官员表示，美国一直有意保持这场行动的低调，以免释放出任何打算恢复大规模作战行动的信号。
Qeshm is an island at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and is home to a large underground missile site as well as a naval base and a major desalination plant.
格什姆岛位于霍尔木兹海峡入口处，岛上设有一个大型地下导弹基地、一个海军基地和一座大型海水淡化厂。美国此前在早几轮战斗中曾将该岛作为打击目标，官员们也曾讨论过夺取该岛。
The U.S. has previously targeted the island in earlier rounds of the fighting, and officials have discussed seizing it. The Defense Department referred questions to U.S. Central Command, which didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
美国国防部将相关问题转给美国中央司令部，后者未立即回应置评请求。一名美国官员表示，本届政府一直在持续应对驻该地区美军所面临的威胁。
A U.S. official said the administration is consistently addressing threats to American forces in the region. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters Monday in Tehran that “the ball is in the U.S. court” on any prospective deal to end the war.
伊朗外交部发言人伊斯梅尔·巴加埃周一在德黑兰对记者表示，就任何旨在结束战争的潜在协议而言，“球在美国那边”。“我们的要求已经非常明确和透明地表明，伊朗的要求是合理且合乎逻辑的。”包括最高领袖穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊在内的其他伊朗官员表示，如果美国重新点燃冲突，伊朗将在中东内外进行报复。
“Our demands have been stated very clearly and transparently, and Iran’s demands are reasonable and logical.”Other Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, have said Iran would retaliate within and beyond the Middle East if the U.S. reignited the conflict. For weeks, Trump has said the U.S. might return to all-out war against Iran after the midterm elections.
数周以来，特朗普一直表示，美国可能在中期选举后重返对伊朗的全面战争。政府高级成员就额外空袭的利弊进行了辩论，并向特朗普提出了多种选项，包括收紧经济制裁和对伊朗贸易的封锁。
Senior members of the administration have debated the merits of additional airstrikes and presented Trump with multiple options, including tightening economic sanctions and the blockade on Iranian trade. Adm.
据《华尔街日报》报道，美国中央司令部司令布拉德·库珀海军上将上周访问白宫，就冲突向特朗普作了简报。中央司令部已为更大规模的打击奠定了基础，包括近几周向该地区增派更多导弹防御系统和弹药。
Brad Cooper, the Centcom chief, visited the White House last week to brief Trump on the conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported. Centcom has laid the groundwork for broader strikes, including moving more missile defenses and munitions into the region in recent weeks.
据《华尔街日报》报道，美国已告知海湾国家，为选举后不久的一场短暂而激烈的行动做好准备。
The U.S. has already told Gulf nations to prepare for a short and intense operation shortly after the election, the Journal reported.
但在首批现场投票前数小时，特朗普缓和了措辞。他和副总统JD·万斯表示，继续谈判以拆除伊朗核计划可能会奏效，同时特朗普在社交媒体上补充说，油价正在下跌，因为“人们觉得”不会与伊朗重启战争。
But Trump toned down his rhetoric in the hours before the first in-person votes. He and Vice President JD Vance said that continuing negotiations to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program might work, while Trump added on social media that oil prices are dropping because “people feel” there won’t be renewed war with Iran.
周一被记者问及是否考虑在中期选举后打击伊朗时，特朗普回答说“没有”，尽管政府官员表示总统仍在权衡所有选项。
Asked by reporters on Monday if he was considering striking Iran after the midterms, Trump replied “no,” although administration officials said the president was still weighing all his options.