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In a Truth Social post, Trump reiterated that the U.S. has “almost total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, while adding that Tehran’s economy was collapsing.
He said that Iran was just “playing out the inevitable” and asked “When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?”
In a post on X, the U.S. Central Command said that it struck air defense and communications sites, and radar systems in Iran, in retaliation against the “recent attempted attacks” by the country against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members.
Tehran has responded to American strikes, targeting U.S. ally Jordan. The country’s armed forces said that it was targeted by a missile attack that originated from Iranian territory.
A spokesperson for Jordan’s armed forces said on X that 10 of 13 missiles were intercepted by the country’s air defense systems, with the three fell in remote areas. No injuries or deaths were reported.
Bahrain’s interior ministry also announced “an alert of potential threat” early Wednesday local time, urging citizens to head to the nearest safe location. The nature of the threat was not immediately clear.
Trump earlier called the latest U.S. strikes “large and powerful,” and threatened further military action if Tehran retaliated against what he called a “very justified attack.”
Iranian forces on Monday stateside had hit a U.S. base in Jordan after American forces attacked rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island the day before. Washington claimed that the launchers were preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the strait.
The Sunday strikes were the first time that the U.S. and Iran traded attacks in about a month, and after the Trump administration said it was launching an “economic D-Day” on Tehran’s backers.
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