Retaliatory strikes by “decimated” Tehran have reportedly injured American troops and damaged refuelers in Saudi Arabia
Iran’s latest retaliatory attacks on US and Israeli facilities in the region reportedly injured at least 12 American soldiers, even as President Donald Trump has claimed that Tehran was completely “decimated” militarily and had no capacity to fight back.
As the war enters its second month, the US president told a Saudi-backed investment conference on Friday that there were only “3,554 targets left” to strike in Iran. The US Department of War recently touted the milestone of 10,000 sorties.
While Trump continues to claim that talks with Tehran are ongoing, the Pentagon is reportedly drafting options for a potential “final blow” against Iran and considering deploying a third aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, to the Middle East.
Iran launched several waves of drones and missiles against US and Israeli facilities in the region, including Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, where at least 12 Americans were injured and “several” KC-135 Stratotanker refuelers damaged, according to media reports.
Tehran vowed to exact a “heavy price” on its enemies, after two of its largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites – including the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant – came under attack over the past 24 hours.
The UN nuclear watchdog has confirmed that Iran informed it about a new suspected Israeli strike near the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, marking the third such incident in 10 days.
Israel has acknowledged at least one death and multiple injuries after several Iranian missiles, allegedly carrying cluster bomb warheads, penetrated the country’s air defenses in Tel Aviv, Givatayim and Ramat Gan on Friday evening.
President Trump has blasted NATO as a “paper tiger” bloc that made a “tremendous mistake” when it “just wasn’t there” to support American operations against Iran.
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