⚠️ TRUMP VOWS RETALIATION AFTER IRAN ATTACKS U.S. FORCES: President Donald Trump said the United States will retaliate for Iran’s overnight ballistic-missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan. President Trump said: “We will respond to the Iranian attack on U.S. forces overnight in Jordan. We are going to hit them hard. There will be a response”.
The Iranian attack followed the first known U.S. strikes inside Iran since late July. U.S. forces struck two IRGC launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz after, according to CENTCOM, Iranian forces were observed preparing rockets carrying sea mines that posed an “imminent threat” to shipping. Jordan said it intercepted eight Iranian missiles. Trump said nearly all incoming missiles were intercepted and that one was allowed through because it was not headed toward a significant target.
Trump separately called Iran “officially a Failed Nation” and said its leadership is in “total disarray.” He claimed more than 100,000 Iranian protesters have been killed and wrote, “They must be tried for war crimes against humanity!” The 100,000 figure has not been independently confirmed.
Despite threatening military retaliation, Trump said Iran wants negotiations “so badly,” while questioning whether Tehran can be trusted to reach an agreement and saying U.S. sanctions are “kicking in really strongly.”
⚓ U.S. WEIGHS FURTHER STRAIT OF HORMUZ STRIKES: Trump and senior aides have been considering limited strikes intended to prevent Iran from rebuilding radar and missile capabilities used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The plan was developed over the past week by CENTCOM and supported by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, but had not been approved by Trump ahead of this weekend’s exchange of fire. The latest escalation could lead Trump to greenlight it.
A U.S. official told Axios that in recent days an Iranian anti-aircraft missile was launched toward a U.S. F-35 fighter jet providing cover to ships in the Strait.
A senior Iranian source told Reuters that for every U.S. attack on Iran, Tehran would deliver a response “dozens of times greater.” The source said Iran’s retaliation for the Larak strikes demonstrated that “no target in the region is beyond Tehran’s reach.”
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