Iran taunts Trump with video of ‘aircraft carrier attack’ after spurning US’s peace plan | World | News
Iranian state media published a video that it said showed cruise missiles targeting the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. Press TV reported on Wednesday (March 25) that the US warship was forced to change course after missiles were launched from land to sea. Islamic Republic“maritime sovereignty” and countering threats United States‘ “enemy fleet”.
Footage of missiles being launched into the night sky and a man off-camera shouting “Allahu Akbar,” meaning “Allah is the greatest” or “Allah is the greatest,” has not been independently verified.
Iranian state broadcaster Press TV reported that a senior official said Iran would end the war when and if the conditions it wanted were met.
U.S. officials said the aircraft carrier was not damaged, remains fully operational and is fulfilling its role in the Arabian Sea. Sun reports.
According to Press TV, Iranian Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said that the “enemy” US aircraft carrier group will be targeted with “overwhelming attacks” if it comes within the range of Iran’s missile systems.
Washington shared a 15-item plan that Pakistani officials described as proposals to ease sanctions, roll back Iran’s nuclear program, limit missiles and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran broadcast its plan via state television. This includes stopping the killing of its officials, ways to ensure that another war is not waged against it, compensation for the conflict, an end to hostilities, and Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told state television: “There have been no negotiations with the enemy so far and we are not planning any negotiations.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined Wednesday to provide details of the U.S. plan but said discussions were ongoing.
He said more attacks could come if the talks were not successful and that US forces were “very close” to achieving “key objectives”.
The war death toll to date stands at more than 1,500 in Iran, nearly 1,100 in Lebanon, 16 and 13 in Israel, meaning that US soldiers have been killed, as well as scores of civilians in the Gulf region. Millions of people were displaced in Lebanon and Iran.
