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Trump says US may be ‘forced’ to ‘get the job done’
US president Donald Trump He claimed to have the upper hand after launching more strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after the US struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
“There may come a point when we can no longer be reasonable and will have to complete militarily the work we have so successfully begun,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after Saturday’s strikes.
“If this happens,” he wrote, “the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist.”
About an hour after Trump’s post, Kuwait’s military said its air defenses were responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks as sirens blared in Bahrain, according to the country’s interior ministry.
Elsewhere, J.D. Vance Hours before the latest attacks began, he continued to reiterate the administration’s triumphant tone in the war with Iran.
“It would be great if we get the final deal done,” the US vice president told HBO’s Bill Maher.
“If we don’t get the final deal, their nuclear program will still be destroyed. They’re still much weaker as a country, so my stance is that America will win either way.”
Trump also said he would nominate on SaturdayLance Schroyer He has been appointed as the next director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), succeeding David Venturella, who is serving as director.
Schroyer “has over 29 YEARS of Law Enforcement experience in Oklahoma – the State where I WON all 77 Counties in 2016, 2020 and 2024! Lance is a former Oklahoma State Trooper and United States Marine,” the President said in his Truth Social post.
Markwayne MullinThe secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement about X that Schroyer “will play a vital role in helping carry out the authority the President has received from the American people to target, detain and deport illegal aliens.”
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) said on state-run SNN TV that it would respond to a US coup with more force if attacks escalate.
The spokesman said, “As we predicted, the enemy is a deceptive and unreliable enemy who breaks his commitments. He can take certain actions at any time, at any stage of the negotiations.” Hussein Mohebi – like Reported on Al Jazeera.
Mohebi said: “Whatever the enemy moves on this issue, we have responded and will respond. We repeat: If the enemy breaks its commitments, violates the ceasefire, we will respond harder than before, we emphasize that we will respond even stronger. We find such moves of the enemy natural because we know the nature of the enemy.”
It comes as Iran launched drone and missile strikes targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic on Sunday, threatening to “completely halt” talks to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.
Iran’s foreign minister has called for a security framework to be established with Gulf countries following US strikes on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for US attacks.
“We must reach a new framework that includes all countries in the region, without the presence or intervention of any country outside the region,” he said. Abbas Araghchi – At a press conference about the visit to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
He also said he would be bringing maritime traffic back to pre-war levels in Hormuz lies solely with Tehran, and warned that any challenge over the strait will “increase tensions”.
He also touched on Lebanon, where the Israeli army said it killed Hezbollah militants in an attack on southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh district.
Araghchi reiterated his previous stance that the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States obliges Israel to withdraw from Lebanon and end its attacks there.
Iran’s foreign minister warns that any objection to Iran’s control of Hormuz would ‘escalate tensions’
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi He is in Baghdad to meet with his Iraqi counterpart. According to Reuters, the two are discussing the recent attacks as well as the crucial Hormuz issue.
Gulf countries have publicly stated that the Strait of Hormuz should remain free. Araghchi’s Iraqi counterpart said that he emphasized the importance of opening the passage in joint meetings and that Iran should lift the naval blockade.
Iran’s foreign minister said it was up to Tehran alone to return maritime traffic in Hormuz to pre-war levels. He warned that any challenge over the strait would “increase tensions”.
He also touched on Lebanon, where the Israeli army said it killed Hezbollah militants in an attack on southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh district.
Araghchi reiterated his previous stance that the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States obliges Israel to withdraw from Lebanon and end its attacks there.
Trump says US may be ‘forced’ to ‘get the job done’
US president Donald Trump He claimed to have the upper hand after launching more strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after the US struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
“There may come a point when we can no longer be reasonable and will have to complete militarily the work we have so successfully begun,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after Saturday’s strikes.
“If this happens,” he wrote, “the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist.”
About an hour after Trump’s post, Kuwait’s military said its air defenses were responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks as sirens blared in Bahrain, according to the country’s interior ministry.
Elsewhere, J.D. Vance Hours before the latest attacks began, he continued to reiterate the administration’s triumphant tone in the war with Iran.
“It would be great if we get the final deal done,” the US vice president told HBO’s Bill Maher.
“If we don’t get the final deal, their nuclear program will still be destroyed. They’re still much weaker as a country, so my stance is that America will win either way.”
Trump also said he would nominate on SaturdayLance Schroyer He has been appointed as the next director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), succeeding David Venturella, who is serving as director.
Schroyer “has over 29 YEARS of Law Enforcement experience in Oklahoma – the State where I WON all 77 Counties in 2016, 2020 and 2024! Lance is a former Oklahoma State Trooper and United States Marine,” the President said in his Truth Social post.
Markwayne MullinThe secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement about X that Schroyer “will play a vital role in helping carry out the authority the President has received from the American people to target, detain and deport illegal aliens.”
Opening summary
Welcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
In the early hours of this morning, Iranian said it launched a joint missile and drone operation targeting eight people WE military areasKuwait And bahrain. This comes after the United States launched more strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after striking Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
According to U.S. Central Command (Centcom), these attacks were “a direct response to Iran’s ongoing aggression against commercial shipping” and targeted Iran’s “military surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense facilities, drone storage facilities, and mine-laying capabilities” in response.
Both countries accused each other of violating the ceasefireThe education negotiations were aimed at ending the Middle East war.
Both Bahrain and Kuwait condemned Iran’s attacks. Kuwait’s military said its air defenses intercepted Iranian drones and missiles that arrived on the heels of the US strikes on Sunday morning. Kuwait, which hosts a major US military base, said it detected and captured two ballistic missiles and there were no reports of injuries or damage.
Bahrain said Iranian attacks damaged a residential building near the international airport and that no one was killed. The ministry published photos of an 8-storey building whose upper floor was completely destroyed, filled with rubble and its windows were blown out.
Iran said on Sunday it was determined to defend its sovereignty following recent US attacks on the country.
“Iran strongly condemns the airstrikes carried out by the terrorist US military against various monitoring and surveillance facilities on the southern coast of the country in the early hours of Sunday,” Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that it “stressed Iran’s determination to defend its national sovereignty” against US attacks.
US President Donald Trump accuses Iran of violating ceasefire agreement In a post on social media, he said the US “may have to finish the job militarily.”
“If this happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” he added.
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