President Donald Trump said in an interview on Thursday that his true goal in his war with Iran has always been to seize the country’s strategic Kharg Island so he could steal oil, but he admitted in an interview that he did not believe that Americans have the stomach for the undertaking.
Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, called out the Trump administration for contradicting itself throughout the war shortly after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. was going to “hit Iran VERY HARD TONIGHT.”
Israel killed at least 73,008 Palestinians inside Gaza since 7 October 2023, and more than 173,260 people have been injured during the ongoing genocide.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried his best last week to spin the U.S.-Israeli defeat in Iran as a victory, just as President Donald Trump told Tel Aviv to hold off on future strikes so as not to interfere with peace talks.
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, said Friday that there will be no peace deal with the United States if it does not include the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, which has been one of the key sticking points of the negotiations.
Trump told reporters at the White House last week that Tehran has been “playing us for suckers” during the negotiations and vowed to continue hitting the country hard.
Christopher Wright, the U.S. energy secretary, appeared before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology last week and was asked about his X post from March that claimed that the U.S. Navy was escorting commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz – which proved to be false, but sent oil prices lower.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement last week that its military capabilities are stronger now than they were before Israel and the U.S. launched their illegal war of aggression on 28 February under the auspices of denying Iran a nuclear weapon.
President Donald Trump tried to spin inflation hitting a three-year high on Wednesday and when he was asked by a reporter about the issue, he responded that he loves “inflation.”
Some Iranians spoke out against the ceasefire reached with the United States on Sunday because they said the deal is too accommodating for Washington and failed to deliver, despite Tehran having the strategic initiative.