United States President Donald Trump on Monday vowed a response to Iranian attacks on American forces, while referring to the country as a “failed nation.”
Iran carried out the strikes after American strikes on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz . The United States further denied the Iranian claim that an oil tanker had hit mines near the Strait of Hormuz.
Speaking to Fox News, the US President said America would “hit Iran hard” after Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on US targets in the Middle East. “President Trump says the United States will respond to the Iranian missile attack on US forces overnight,” Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst said in a post on X. “We’re going to hit them hard…There will be a response,” he cited Trump as saying.
US and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend, with Tehran retaliating to the attack by launching missiles at American bases in Jordan, the Associated Press reported. “IT IS DEAD! This exchange of fire came after a lull in fighting, during which the US had ratcheted up economic pressure on Iran by unveiling new sanctions. Among the sticking points between the countries was the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear programme.
They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police,” the US President said, claiming that Iran’s inflation was at 300 per cent. “The only thing they have is FAKE NEWS from the USA, a willingness to kill their protesters (now over 100,000 people dead. which provided for a 60-day negotiating period to finalise the terms of agreement, the truce unravelled quickly While Washington and Tehran had signed a ceasefire framework in June.
In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump referred to Iran as a “failed nation”. They must be tried for war crimes against humanity!), and a good line of “BULLSHIT,”” Trump further said. Iranian officials said two people were killed and several others wounded in the American attack Sunday night on Larak Island in Hormuz. The United Arab Emirates too said it had intercepted an Iranian drone over its waters Monday.
