‘Perturbed’ with Netanyahu, Trump says he wants to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei
Trump said that he was "perturbed" at Netanyahu's military escalation in Lebanon.
Trump said that he was "perturbed" at Netanyahu's military escalation in Lebanon.
Facing Congress for the first time since the conflict began, Rubio defended the administration's handling of the crisis, arguing that Iran's military capabilities have been "significantly degraded" and suggesting that Tehran is now more open to negotiations over its nuclear program.
Ghalibaf asserted that Tehran doesn't trust 'enemy promises' and only objective results matter for the Islamic Republic.
Asian markets also traded lower on Thursday as renewed geopolitical tensions following fresh US military action against Iran.
Trump also repeated his disputed claim that Iran's navy and air force are gone already.
“Just as the United States suffered a historic defeat in trying to open the Strait of Hormuz, it is also doomed to fail in the naval blockade,” Mohsen Rezaei said in a televised address, reported Iranian state media.
Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that Americans will soon get "nostalgic" for the current gas prices.
The purported footage of the confrontation was released after the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said that two guided-missile destroyers, the USS Frank E. Peterson and the USS Michael Murphy, “transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf” on Saturday.
A Press TV report citing highly placed military-security sources claimed that both the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers were "intercepted and forced to retreat by Iranian naval forces."
Several US warships have reportedly crossed the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the Iran war, a move…
