Trump considering ‘massive attack’ on Iran, Tehran threatens UK

US President Donald Trump said he will soon decide whether to launch a “major attack” on Iran after conflicts in the Middle East spread to a new battlefield in the Red Sea.

To talk axios The president on Thursday said the proposed strikes would be larger than anything seen so far in the war and that Iran “hasn’t suffered enough yet.”

“I’m thinking of a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I’m close to making a decision. We’re all ready for it,” Trump said in the interview.

U.S. forces have struck Iranian targets over the past two weeks, with Central Command completing its 13th consecutive night of strikes overnight.

According to Axios, Trump did not give a date for when he would decide on a major attack on Iran. He said Israel would join the operation “within two minutes if I wanted to” but that if it did, Israel would potentially face retaliation from Iran.

The president also reiterated that the Iranian side “wants to negotiate” but said Tehran is not yet ready to make a deal with the United States.

Trump on Thursday said he would hold Iran responsible for new attacks after Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthis claimed to have hit two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea.

“If they do this again, the US will hold Iran responsible because the Houthis are proxies and/or proxies of Iran, and major military penalties will be imposed on Iran and of course the Houthis,” he said in an interview published on Truth Social. to mail.

The Houthis declared a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia on Monday, threatening to cut off the kingdom’s oil exports through the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday that it had attacked US military facilities at an American military base in Jordan, according to state media.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Trump’s approach to the Iran war as “a tooth for an eye.”

“Honestly, it’s going to happen,” he said. “They will pay a heavy price for what they did. They are already paying a very heavy price.”

Oil prices were down about 1% on Friday morning but were on track for a 10% weekly rise. Global benchmark Brent crude futures US remains above $99 per barrel West Texas Intermediate crude futures It was trading at $91.08 per barrel.

Meanwhile, Britain said it was “ready 24/7 to defend itself” after Iran labeled the country “complicit” with the United States over the use of British military bases by American forces.

Shortly after the start of the US-Iran war, Britain allowed the US to use British bases for defensive operations. This agreement was extended last week and has not been changed by Britain’s new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that “any party participating in any way in a military attack against Iran will be responsible for the consequences and repercussions of its decision.”

“The British government has chosen to align itself with the aggressors and reduce its position to that of complicity with the US and Israel in a brutal war against the Iranian nation,” he added.

In a separate statement, an Iranian official warned any European country that providing military bases or territory to the United States would place European countries “in the ranks of the aggressors,” according to state media.