Iran Strikes Day 3: Trump says Iran operation will continue for up to 5 weeks
American president vows US will press on with strikes, warning of more casualties as Iran conflict widens and energy markets reel
US President Donald Trump said his troops will continue with “ferocious, unyielding resolve” the mission to “eliminate the intolerable threat posed by this sick and sinister regime” in Iran, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that “the hardest hits are yet to come.”
“We projected for four to five weeks, but we have the capability to go longer than that,” Trump said, while also saying, “we’re already substantially ahead of our time projection”.
"Our objectives are clear,” said the US leader, indicating that his country aims to destroy Iran's missile capabilities, annihilate its Navy, “ensuring the world's number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon”, and ensure that “the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund and direct terrorist armies outside their border”.
Trump insisted that “this was our last best chance to strike” Iran.
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