美国总统特朗普周二表示，他在中期选举后“不想在伊朗杀害大量民众”，同时警告如果必要华盛顿将采取果断行动。
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is "not looking to kill lots of people" in Iran following the midterm elections, while warning that Washington would take decisive action if necessary.
特朗普在接受福克斯新闻采访时说：“听着，我不想，你知道的，杀害大量民众，但如果我们不得不这么做，我们就会这么做。”此前有报道称美国正在权衡在投票后对伊朗实施打击。
"Look, I'm not looking to, you know, kill lots of people, but if we have to, we'll have to," Trump told Fox News amid reports that US was weighing strikes on Iran following the polling.
特朗普说，美军在监视一座新建成的伊朗防空设施建设两个多月后，在一夜之间对其进行了打击。“只是一次小规模攻击。那不是战争。”援引一名美国官员的话，当地媒体报道称美军周一对伊朗的格什姆岛实施了“防御性”打击。
Trump said American forces struck a newly completed Iranian anti-aircraft installation overnight after monitoring its construction for over two months. "Just a minor attack. It wasn't war." Citing a US official, local media reported that the US military carried out "defensive" strikes against Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday.
这位美国总统辩称，与伊朗的对抗不同于俄乌战争或第二次世界大战等传统战争，并断言在正在进行的伊朗战争中，华盛顿在摧毁德黑兰的海军和空军资产后，对伊朗拥有完全的杠杆作用。
The US president argued that the confrontation with Iran differs from traditional wars such as the Russia-Ukraine war or World War II, asserting that Washington holds total leverage over Tehran after crippling its naval and air assets during the ongoing Iran war.
“我们完全把他们控制在我们想要的位置。我们可以彻底消灭他们，也可以心慈手软，让成千上万本会在战争中丧生的人活下来，”他说。
"We have them totally where we want. We could finish them off, or we could be nice and let thousands of people live that would get killed in a war," he said.