‘Iran wants to talk but it’s too late,’ says Trump as Iranian death toll hits 787

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that Iran wanted to talk after much of its air defence, Air Force, Navy and leadership had been neutralised — but added that it was “too late”, as the US and Israeli strikes continued to batter Tehran for the fourth consecutive day.

The United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Saturday, killing the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other top political and military leaders.

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“Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership are gone. They want to talk. I said “Too Late!” the US President wrote on his Truth Social.

The US and Israeli strikes on Iran came just days after Washington and Tehran held another round of nuclear deal talks. Iran claimed that they were hoping for the deal to conclude in the next round but the US chose to attack even before that.

Trump, however, has claimed that Iran backed out after reaching an agreement.

In response to the US and Israeli strikes, Iran has also retaliated by hitting Israel and US targets in the Gulf with missiles and drones.

While approximately 787 people, including top leaders and school children, have been killed in Iran so far, the United States and Israel too have suffered casualties.

Six US soldiers have been killed in Iranian strikes so far. Iran also claimed to have shot down three US F-15 fighter jets but Washington said they took a hit from Kuwait in “friendly fire”.

Nine people were killed in Israel’s Beit Shemesh after an Iranian missile struck a residential area.