Donald Trump, the President of the United States, on Sunday, 18 Mordad, in a conversation with “Axios,” by likening the current situation toward the Iranian regime to “a game of chess,” said that in the current phase he prefers to continue economic pressure on the Islamic Republic and, for now, is refraining from starting another round of large-scale military operations.

President Trump said the United States is now dealing with the Islamic Republic “with less severity,” and that negotiations are also limited. He said instead that the United States is monitoring the economic situation of the Iranian regime, which is facing enormous inflation and a severe shortage of financial resources.

The U.S. president said that even the Islamic Republic is having trouble paying the salaries of its military forces, and that the United States’ naval blockade has intensified the economic pressure.

President Trump also, referring to the drop in oil prices to a little over $75 per barrel, said that the pressure resulting from the war on American consumers has decreased.