US Iran War News LIVE Updates | ‘Do we finish it up or will they sign document’: Trump’s fresh Iran threat
President Donald Trump waves from the stairs of Air Force One as he boards upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews for a trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo)
US Iran War News LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with renewed strikes and asked, “Do we finish it up or will they sign document.” The Republican leader earlier said that America “has essentially taken over” Iran when asked whether it has taken longer than expected to reach a deal with Tehran. “Everything’s gone. Their navy’s gone. Their air force is gone. Just about everything. The only question is, do we go and finish it up? Are they going to be signing a document? Let’s see what happens,” the US president added.
Meanwhile, Iran’s IRGC Navy said 26 commercial vessels, including oil tankers and container ships, crossed the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with Iranian authorities over the past 24 hours. The Navy said transit through the strategic waterway remains ongoing under a permit-based coordination system managed with Iranian authorities.
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Iran’s fresh warning to US, Israel: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued a fresh warning to the United States and Israel, stating that the war will spread “far beyond region” if Washington and Tel Aviv resume attacks on the Islamic Republic. “If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you,” the Guards said in a statement on their website Sepah News.
Xi Jinping calls further Middle East hostilities ‘inadvisable’ in meeting with Putin: Chinese President Xi Jinping called further hostilities in the Middle East “inadvisable” and urged a comprehensive ceasefire during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, reported state media. “A comprehensive ceasefire is of utmost urgency, resuming hostilities is even more inadvisable and maintaining negotiations is particularly important,” Xi told Putin, according to Xinhua news agency.
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