Trump Says 48 Leaders Killed In Strikes On Iran, In Fox News Interview

WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News on Sunday that 48 leaders were killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

“It’s progressing. It’s progressing rapidly. It’s been that way for 47 years,” he was quoted as saying in an interview with a Fox News reporter. “It is progressing rapidly. Nobody can believe the success we have achieved. 48 leaders left at once. And it is progressing rapidly.”

The interview with Trump was broadcast on channel X by Jacqui Heinrich, host of Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing.” (Reporting by Bo Erickson and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Paul Simao and Edmund Klamann)