Nuclear talks between Iran and the US won’t happen today, as originally planned, and Donald Trump has threatened to respond in a way “never seen before” if their bases are attacked
Donald Trump has broken his silence on the Israel and Iran conflict.
At least nine people are dead and more than 100 have reportedly been injured after Iran launched a barrage of missile strikes at Israel overnight, in retaliation for Israel’s Friday strikes. Those killed range in age from 10 to 80 years old.
Israel also launched overnight strikes, hitting the Iranian Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tehran. The Israeli military said it also targeted other locations that “advanced” Iran’s nuclear program. Israeli strikes also hit an oil depot and a fuel tank near Tehran on Saturday, causing a large fire – but the situation is “under control,” according to Iran’s state media IRNA.
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Nuclear talks between Iran and the US won’t happen today, as originally planned, and Donald Trump has threatened to respond in a way “never seen before” if their bases are attacked.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel’s strikes have set Iran’s nuclear programme back, possibly by years, and that heavier blows were yet to come. “We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs’ regime and what they have felt so far is nothing compared with what they will be handed in the coming days,” Netanyahu said in a video message.
Donald Trump has now spoken out on the conflict and has threatened to respond to any attack by Iran on the US with “the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces”.
Distancing his administration from the attacks launched by Tel Aviv toward Tehran, Trump said that Washington had no role to play in the escalating conflict. President Donald Trump said the US “had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight” in a post to his social media platform Truth Social Sunday morning, issuing a warning to Tehran not to bring his country into the conflict.
He wrote: “If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before. However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!”
His comments came as Iran and Israel exchanged more strikes overnight, with reports from Israel saying eight people were killed in two hits on residential buildings.
This spring, Trump gave Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 60 days to negotiate a nuclear deal, warning there would be consequences if they didn’t come to an agreement. At the time, Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on attacking Iran, to give space for the negotiations.
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