US Israel Iran War News Live Updates: Trump says US to ‘resume bombing’, will hit Iran ‘again hard today’
US Iran War News Live Updates: Donald Trump’s remarks came as the US and Iran continued negotiations to end the conflict, which entered its fourth month last week. (File Photo)
US-Israel-Iran War News Live Updates: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a fresh warning to Iran, saying America “will again hit them very hard today” and called on Tehran to sign the deal to end the conflict. Trump added that the United States “wants a deal that’s meaningful and works.”
Earlier, the IAEA, UN’s nuclear watchdog’s 35-member Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a US-backed resolution calling on Iran to disclose its remaining enriched uranium stockpiles and allow inspectors to verify them. The move could further complicate ongoing diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran.
Trump’s ‘Iran will pay the price’ threat: US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that Iran’s military has been severely weakened, saying parts of its defence capabilities, including the navy and air force, had been “completely defeated.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump also said Iran has taken too long to negotiate and added “now they will have to pay the price”.
US, Iran launch trade airstrikes: Earlier in the day, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards struck US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in the early hours of Wednesday and claimed 21 American targets were hit and four destroyed. This came after US conducted airstrikes on Iranian air defence, ground control and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz following the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter near the Strait on Tuesday. Iran also claimed to have downed a US MQ-9 drone over Jam, and warned of a “crushing and decisive” response to any further American action. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X: “Our Powerful Armed Forces will leave no attack or threat unanswered.”
Iran downs US Apache helicopter: Trump confirmed on Truth Social that Iran had downed the “highly sophisticated” Apache, saying the US “must, of necessity, respond.” Both pilots were rescued by a Saronic Technologies Corsair drone boat, the first publicly known use of an unmanned boat by the US military to recover personnel, operated by the Navy’s Task Force 59.
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